Tampa Bay Lightning
DETROIT — Jonathan Drouin entered his first season in the NHL with a lot of expectations after being selected third overall in 2013.
But he was a healthy scratch at various times during the regular season, and though he played better down the stretch, he sat out the first two games of the playoff series against Detroit and is scheduled to be a scratch tonight in Game 3.
“Unfortunately there are guys that don’t get to play every single game,’’ Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. “Am I going to sit here and say that Jonathan Drouin is not going to play in the playoffs?