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Game 4 hero Brandon Hagel has 2 words for Lightning teammate’s ‘one of the best’ praise

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The Montreal Canadiens have done an admirable job holding down the powerful Tampa Bay Lightning offense in the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series. The Lightning finished the regular season ranked fourth in the NHL in scoring at 3. 5 goals per game.

But in four postseason games, Tampa Bay managed 11 goals, an average of 2. 8 per game. Top Lightning goal-scorers Nikita Kucherov, Jake Guentzel and Brayden Point have one goal apiece.

MORE: Connor McDavid’s silence on injury adds worry after Oilers’ Game 4 defeat Only one player is consistently finding the back of the net against Montreal. Brandon Hagel has six of Tampa Bay’s goals, including the game-tying and game-winning goals in a 3-2 Lightning victory on Sunday, April 26. The series returns to Tampa for Game 5 on Wednesday tied at 2.

Guentzel showered praise on Hagel during the postgame press conference, per the team’s X account . “This guy, he just does it all,” Guentzel said. “Two-hundred-foot player, plays on both sides of the puck.

Obviously, he’s one of the hottest guys in the league right now. … It’s been fun to watch. It’s been fun to be out there with him.