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Burns: 3 Things we learned from losing Game 1

If someone told you prior to Thursday’s opening game of Tampa Bay’s First Round playoff series against Detroit the Lightning would register 46 shots on goal while giving up only 14, you’d probably spend the rest of the day figuring out your post-victory celebration plans.

The Red Wings crashed the party, however, stealing Game 1 from the Lightning.

Despite its low shot output, Detroit capitalized on the few chances it had. Pavel Datsyuk scored on the Red Wings’ first shot, which didn’t come until over nine minutes had passed in the game. Datsyuk added his second tally eight seconds in the middle frame on the power play to put Detroit up for good.