Hagel helped the Lightning sweep back-to-back games against the Ottawa Senators, scoring the tie-breaking goal early in the third period to give them 4-3 victory Feb. 4. He also scored the game-winner for the third time this season,

There really wasn’t a time earlier this season when Lightning forward Brandon Hagel thought that playing in the 4 Nations Faceoff might be a reality. Though he was selected for Team Canada in December,

Brandon Hagel had two goals and two assists, and the Tampa Bay Lightning snapped Detroit’s seven-game win streak with a 6-3 victory over the Red Wings.