In the race to win the Atlantic Division, the Detroit Red Wings are trying their best to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a run for their money.

The Tampa Bay Lightning returned to Benchmark International Arena for a quick one-game homestand on Tuesday night, as they hosted the San Jose Sharks in a battle of two surging teams.

As the rink build begins, anticipation in the Tampa Bay Lightning's locker room is building too.

After the Sharks pulled Askarov for an extra attacker, Hagel finished the scoring with an empty-netter. Kucherov helped set up the goal by using his skate to direct the puck from the neutral zone ahead to Hagel, who had only Guentzel with him in the offensive zone. They exchanged passes before Hagel finished the shot into the vacated net.

The Lightning still have four games before they play under the lights at Raymond James. Before traveling to Chicago to open a road back-to-back, they practiced across town at the TGH Ice Plex in Brandon, where a notable name was back on the ice.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Hagel scored two goals to reach 25 for the season and surpass Nikita Kucherov for the team lead as the Tampa Bay Lightning continued their surge with a 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.

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Chicago has gone 17-for-19 (89.5%) on the penalty kill over their last eight home games and lead the NHL with an 86.5% penalty kill percentage (77-for-89) at home this season. The Blackhawks have gone 7-for-26 (26.