Lightning 5, Islanders 3: Schaefer reaches Orr's teenage goal mark, Hagel decides the game

Matthew Schaefer reached a Bobby Orr milestone on Saturday. Brandon Hagel made sure the Islanders did not leave with the win. Tampa Bay won 5-3 at UBS Arena after New York erased two separate two-goal deficits, only to concede the deciding goal with 1:35 remaining.

Schaefer's second-period goal was the 24th of his NHL career. The Islanders' official recap says it ties Orr for the second-most career goals by a teenage defenseman. That is an age-window comparison across seasons, not a claim that Schaefer has matched Orr's full career or set a single-season record.

The 19-year-old also put nine shots on goal and played a game-high 27:07. New York's report identifies the shot total as his single-game career high, one below Denis Potvin's single-game club mark for a defenseman. Those details describe a substantial offensive role, even in a loss. Schaefer helped build the comeback rather than merely adding a historical footnote to it.

The comeback reached 3-3, then stopped

Jake Guentzel and Hagel gave Tampa Bay a 2-0 first-period lead. Tony DeAngelo answered, but Guentzel's second goal restored the two-goal gap on the power play. Schaefer cut it to 3-2. Brayden Schenn's power-play goal with seven seconds left in the second tied the game.

Hagel broke that tie late in the third, then scored into an empty net 21 seconds later to complete his hat trick. He finished with four points. Guentzel supplied Tampa Bay's other two goals. Ilya Sorokin made 21 saves, and the Islanders fell to 2-3-0.

Our read: the milestone and the defeat both belong in the lead. Schaefer's production gives New York something real to build around. Coming back twice against Tampa Bay also showed the Islanders could compete after a poor start. Neither fact erases the cost of conceding the last lead so late.

New York next hosts Vancouver on Tuesday, October 13, at 7:45 p.m. Eastern. The useful test is whether the Islanders can bring the work from the middle of this game into the opening period, without needing another two-goal recovery.