Kucherov picked up an assist Thursday in a 3-0 win over Los Angeles.

Here are three reasons to like the Lightning’s new-look power play. Thursday’s moves were transformative, because the personnel and positional changes made it difficult to tell which was the top unit and which was the second. Point men Victor Hedman and Darren Raddysh switched units, with Brayden Point and Jake Guentzel matched with Raddysh.

The first goal was a thing of beauty. Hagel pulled an outside-in move on defender Jordan Spence at speed at the Kings blue line, and he broke in fast and went five-hole on David Rittich. His second came late in the third when he followed a break by Nikita Kucherov,

The Tampa Bay Lightning took a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday at AMALIE Arena. Brandon Hagel gave the Lightning a 1-0 advantage 4:45 into the game with a slick move and bury on the rush, and he finished the night with three points.

The Blackhawks, in return for Hagel, got two first-round picks (2023 and 2024), and two players (Boris Katchouk and Taylor Raddysh). The 2023 first-round pick ended up turning into Oliver Moore. As for 2024, they used that first to move up two spots with the New York Islanders and they selected Sacha Boisvert.

Brandon Hagel scored twice in a three-point outing, Andrei Vasilevskiy notched his third shutout this season and the Tampa Bay Lightning blanked the visiting Los Angeles Kings 3-0 on Thursday night.

Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel each had a goal and two assists, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-1.

Jake Guentzel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Nick Paul Zemgus Girtensons - Conor Geekie - Mitchell Chaffee Mikey Eyssimont - Luke Glendening - Cam Atkinson

Jake Guentzel - Brayden Point - Nikita Kucherov Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Nick Paul Zemgus Girtensons - Conor Geekie - Mitchell Chaffee Mikey Eyssimont - Luke Glendening - Cam Atkinson

Jon Cooper shuffled up the lines for Thursday's practice, moving Anthony Cirelli and Brandon Hagel to the top line with Nikita Kucherov. Mikey Eyssimont was moved to the second line with Jake ...

There’s no doubt the Lightning need better scoring depth from their forward group. Their top six have put up big numbers. In fact, Tampa Bay remains the only team in the NHL with four 20-goal scorers.