The Lightning knew the importance of Tuesday’s game against the Senators, the first of two against them this week at Amalie Arena. Tampa Bay entered the night out of a playoff spot and looking up at Ottawa in the standings.

Brandon Hagel scored less than two minutes into the third period to give the Tampa Bay Lightning the lead for good in a 4-3 win that snapped the Ottawa Senators’ five-game winning streak.

Before a critical stretch of games against division opponents, the Lightning on Tuesday morning sent top prospect Conor Geekie to the minors. Geekie, 20, made the opening night roster after he was acquired from Utah as part of the Mikhail Sergachev trade.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have assigned forward Conor Geekie to the Syracuse Crunch, it was announced Tuesday. Geekie, who was acquired by the Lightning in the Mikhail Sergachev trade last summer, has spent the entire year with Tampa Bay thus far,

The Tampa Bay Lightning announced on Tuesday that they assigned forward Conor Geekie to the Syracuse Crunch. The rookie is playing in his first season with the organization after he was acquired by via trade,