Nikita Kucherov’s 5-point hat trick powers Lightning past Kraken

Nikita Kucherov scored three goals and added two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning routed the host Seattle Kraken 6-2 on Tuesday.

Brandon Hagel had a goal and three assists, Anthony Cirelli posted a goal and two assists and Gage Goncalves added one of each for the Lightning in the opener of a four-game trip.

Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made 16 saves as Tampa Bay earned just its second win in five games.

Bobby McMann and Jared McCann scored for Seattle, which had a modest two-game winning streak end.