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Lightning, hockey world marvel at The Shift by Drouin

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If you were watching the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, or caught up in the shocking trade of DeMarcus Cousins to the New Orleans Pelicans, you may have missed one of the more remarkable shifts in hockey this season.

Watch this, by Jonathan Drouin, on Sunday night. It needs to be seen:

Game winner! In overtime!

Drouin's Tampa Bay Lightning teammates marveled at the 21-year-old's exploits after the game, writes the Tampa Bay Times' Joe Smith.

"He wasn't going to be denied on that shift. He was a man on a mission," Ben Bishop said.

"A pretty heroic effort," Tyler Johnson added.

"That's what he does. He's a gifted, gifted player ... and he can do some pretty magical things. And you saw that," head coach Jon Cooper added.

It was a massive goal in the big picture, too, with the Lightning clinging to slim playoff hopes. Tampa Bay could not leave an extra point on the table in Denver. No way.

Drouin made sure they didn't. What a shift. What a goal.

"I was gassed," Drouin said. "Luckily, at the end I got that one on one with the goalie, made one move and slid it through."

Sounds simple, right? Imagine it was.

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