Tampa Bay Lightning star Brayden Point scored the fifth hat-trick of his NHL career in bizarre fashion on Thursday during his team’s 5-4 loss to the Washington Capitals.

The Lightning caught a tough break at the end of Wednesday night’s game against Washington, forced to try to kill off a double-minor high-sticking penalty after Anthony Cirelli put the puck in the back of the net for what would have been a go-ahead goal with just more than four minutes left in the third.

TAMPA -- Tom Wilson broke a tie with 3:26 remaining, and the Washington Capitals scored three goals in the third period to rally for a 5-4 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on Wednesday.

The moment the puck left Charlie Lindgren’s stick, he knew what he had done. The Washington Capitals goaltender, attempting to send the puck around Amalie Arena’s end boards, instead backhanded it directly into his own net.