Captain Clutch! Hedman Wins It in OT as Lightning Beat Kraken 4-3 | Daily Strike - October 16, 2026

The Tampa Bay Lightning bounced back in dramatic fashion Thursday night, defeating the Seattle Kraken 4-3 in overtime at Benchmark International Arena. On today's Daily Strike, Steve Versnick breaks down an exciting comeback victory that saw captain Victor Hedman play the hero and extend Tampa Bay's strong start to the season. After surrendering the game's opening goal, the Lightning responded with another offensive outburst from Brandon Hagel, who continued his red-hot start to the season with his second multi-goal game of the year. The Kraken battled back twice, including a late third-period equalizer, but Hedman ended the contest in overtime with his first goal of the season and the ninth overtime winner of his NHL career. Hear postgame reaction from Head Coach Jon Cooper, Brandon Hagel, and Ilya Mikheyev as they discuss the team's response after Tuesday's loss in New York and the resilience that led to another victory. In Today's Episode: Full recap of the Lightning's 4-3 overtime win over the Seattle Kraken Victor Hedman's overtime game-winner and first goal of the season Brandon Hagel's second multi-goal game of the year and team-leading sixth goal of the season Postgame reaction from Jon Cooper, Ilya Mikheyev and Hagel Dominic James records an assist in his season debut Anthony Cirelli ties Tyler Johnson for 10th-most games played in franchise history (589) Ryan McDonagh ties Alex Pietrangelo for fourth-most blocked shots in NHL history Andrei Vasilevskiy earns career win No. 374, tying John Vanbiesbrouck for 19th all-time in NHL history The Lightning improve to 9-0-2 all-time against Seattle Preview of Saturday's matchup against the Vancouver Canucks This Day in Lightning History: Tyler Johnson's fourth career hat trick powers Tampa Bay past the Carolina Hurricanes on October 16, 2018 The Lightning are back on the practice ice today before welcoming the Vancouver Canucks to Tampa on Saturday afternoon. Subscribe to Daily Strike for daily Tampa Bay Lightning news, game recaps, player interviews, milestone moments, and everything happening around the Bolts throughout the season. #TampaBayLightning #GoBolts #NHL #LightningHockey #VictorHedman #BrandonHagel #AndreiVasilevskiy #AnthonyCirelli #RyanMcDonagh #SeattleKraken #DailyStrike #BoltsNation #HockeyPodcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.