Watch: Lightning's Palat opens 2nd-round scoring with help from Drouin
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The Tampa Bay Lightning have drawn first blood in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
At the 3:05 mark of the first period, Ondrej Palat blasted a one-timer past Thomas Greiss of the New York Islanders to open the scoring in Game 1. Jonathan Drouin recorded the primary assist, his fifth helper in six playoff games.
The goal was Palat's second of the postseason.
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