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Drouin makes presence felt in Game 1

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Jonathan Drouin was everywhere Wednesday night.

The 21-year-old forward did a little bit of everything in the Tampa Bay Lightning's 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings at Amalie Arena, as the hosts took a 1-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.

Drouin was all over the ice, and he was on it often. The winger logged 17:39 of ice time, second only to Ondrej Palat among Lightning forwards.

He recorded three shots on goal and finished with the third-highest Corsi For percentage in all situations among Tampa Bay players (61.11), according to HockeyStats.ca.

It wasn't all positive for Drouin, though. He also took a pair of penalties, and cost his team when he went offside on Victor Hedman's goal that was disallowed on a coach's challenge.

Drouin attracted plenty of attention from the Red Wings after leveling Detroit forward Justin Abdelkader.

Jonathan Drouin gets tag teamed by Henrik Zetterberg and Justin Abdelkader

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Drouin was held off the scoresheet Wednesday after scoring in both games to end the regular season following his return to the team.

Tampa Bay's third overall pick in 2013 played only 21 games with the NHL club this season prior to the playoffs, 19 of which came before he was suspended indefinitely for failing to report to an AHL game.

Drouin's performance Wednesday wasn't entirely positive, but it's clear he made a significant impact.

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