The highlight belongs to Brandon Hagel, as it should. He’s the one who raced ahead of Seattle forward Oliver Bjorkstrand coming out of the neutral zone. He’s the one who began to spin in one direction and then reversed his momentum.

The Tampa Bay Lightning -- the hottest team in the NHL -- are set to visit the rival Florida Panthers on Monday night in Sunrise, Fla. Tampa Bay has the longest active win streak in the league at eight games and has also won three straight road contests.

John Romano | The offseason moves worked, the players are healthy and this might be the best Tampa Bay has looked in three years.

The Bolts pick up right where they left off and extend their winning streak to five games with a victory over Seattle

TAMPA -- Andrei Vasilevskiy made 36 saves for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 4-1 win against the Seattle Kraken at Amalie Arena on Sunday. Brandon Hagel had a goal and an assist, and Nikita Kucherov scored for the Lightning (32-20-4), who have won five straight and are 6-0-1 in their past seven games.

Kucherov's point streak now stands at 10 games and 14 points (five goals, nine helpers). He has 26 shots in that span.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and the 38th of his career in the Tampa Bay Lightning's 3-0 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. Nikita Kucherov, Erik Cernak and Brandon Hagel scored to help Tampa Bay win its seventh consecutive game.

And yet, as is often the case, none of this happens without Ryan McDonagh ... At his current pace, McDonagh will obliterate the team record of plus-38 he shares with Nikita Kucherov.