The Tampa Bay Lightning pushed their win streak to four games with Thursday’s 2-1 overtime win over the Dallas Stars.
Tampa Bay opened the scoring at Benchmark International Arena with Brandon Hagel's power-play goal in the second period, and Dallas tied the game in the opening minutes of the third.
Anthony Cirelli went on to win the game in overtime with a breakaway goal.
Hagel’s goal was his third in as many games, and goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves.
Tampa Bay is now 5-4-2 on the season. The Lightning will travel for a three-game road trip that begins with a 3:30 p.m. game against the Utah Mammoth on Sunday.
Scoring summary
First period
None.
Shots on goal: TBL 10, DAL 6
Second period
TBL 1, DAL 0
15:02 Brandon Hagel (3) - Gage Goncalves, Charle-Edouard D’Astous - PP
Tampa Bay utilized a power play for the game’s first goal, one that needed an official’s review to determine that a pass from Brandon Hagel fully crossed the goal line after being deflected by a Dallas defenseman in front of the net.
Shots on goal: TBL 9, DAL 4
Third period
TBL 1, DAL 1
2:04 Adam Erne (1) - Alexander Petrovic, Radek Faksa
The Stars evened the score early in the third period with an Adam Erne redirection on a shot from the point.
Shots on goal: DAL 10, TBL 7
Overtime
TBL 2, DAL 1
2:36 Anthony Cirelli (6) - Unassisted
Cirelli ended the game on a breakaway in the extra period.
Total shots: TBL 32, DAL 21
