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Lightning’s Boyle nets shorthanded goal on breakaway

Boyle goal

The Detroit Red Wings didn’t get a shot on goal until 9:03 minutes into Game 1 in their first round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Thanks to Pavel Datsyuk’s work in front of Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop, one shot was all Detroit needed to take the early lead.

When Tampa Bay’s Ryan Callahan got sent to the sin bin roughly five minutes later due to a holding call, the Red Wings had an opportunity to give themselves some breathing room. Instead Brian Boyle got a big breakaway opportunity and took full advantage of it, beating netminder Petr Mrazek one-on-one:

Pavel Datsyuk was assessed a minor penalty towards the end of the first period, which led to Red Wings forward Drew Miller getting his own shorthanded breakaway. Bishop managed to turn aside that shot though and the first period ended tied at 1-1.

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