Lightning, hockey world marvel at The Shift by Drouin

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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Jets’ Trouba to have hearing for headshot on Stone

Winnipeg Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba will have a hearing Monday for his illegal check to the head of Ottawa Senators forward Mark Stone, the NHL's Department of Player Safety announced Sunday night.

Stone was forced to leave Sunday's game midway through the third period after Trouba caught him with a open-ice hit. Trouba was given a two-minute minor on the play.

Related: Stone leaves game after head shot from Trouba

As for the Senators, the injury was one of three suffered on the night, as Mike Hoffman and Tommy Wingels were also forced to leave the contest.

There was no update issued by Guy Boucher on the status of Stone or any of the others postgame, though he admitted losing so many players to injury could be "a disaster."

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Watch: Marchand buries OT winner on breakaway

What a way to end it.

Patrice Bergeron, Torey Krug, and Brad Marchand pulled off a perfect set play in overtime against the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night, and it provided the Boston Bruins the game winner.

Bergeron won the defensive-zone faceoff and dropped the puck back to Krug, who flung a long stretch pass to Marchand to spring him on the breakaway which he had little trouble converting.

The Bruins are now 4-0-0 under new head coach Bruce Cassidy.

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Drouin strips Nieto, undresses Pickard to bury Avalanche in OT

What looked like a potential comeback victory was not to be for the Colorado Avalanche.

The team knotted the game up at 2-2 in the dying minute of regulation, only to fall in overtime after Jonathan Drouin stripped Matt Nieto of the puck and beat Calvin Pickard with sneaky deke.

With the goal, Drouin now sits tied for second in team scoring with Tyler Johnson and sits alone in second on the club in goals with 17.

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Johansen rips Jackets for lack of tribute: ‘I think we all know who made that call’

Shots fired.

The Columbus Blue Jackets did not recognize Ryan Johansen at any point in Sunday's game, and the Nashville Predators forward didn't seem thrilled about it afterwards.

"I was a little disappointed they didn't put anything on the (video board) to say 'thank you' or anything like that," Johansen told reporters including Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch. "I think we all know who made that call, but whatever."

Johansen was playing his first game at Nationwide Arena since Jan. 5, 2016. He was traded by the Blue Jackets to the Predators for defenseman Seth Jones the following day.

Related - Johansen returns to Columbus: 'Definitely weird walking in here'

The young forward held out in the summer of 2014 before signing a three-year contract extension with the Blue Jackets at the start of the season.

He was reportedly on the trade block for months before being sent to Nashville in the blockbuster one-for-one swap.

Somewhere, Columbus general manager Jarmo Kekalainen is turning his phone off.

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Boucher fears possible ‘disaster’ after losing Hoffman, Stone, Wingels

Guy Boucher didn't sound overly optimistic about his trio of forwards that suffered injuries in Sunday's loss to the Winnipeg Jets.

Mike Hoffman, Mark Stone, and Tommy Wingels were all forced to exit the game.

"Right now it looks like a disaster, but we'll see tomorrow," the Ottawa Senators head coach told reporters including TSN's Steve Lloyd.

Hoffman left late in the first period with what the team would only dub a "lower-body" injury.

Stone was the recipient of a third-period head shot from Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba, and Wingels departed the Senators' bench shortly thereafter, leaving Ottawa with only eight forwards because it started the game with 11.

"We've lost another bunch of guys," Boucher added, according to Postmedia's Bruce Garrioch. "I felt like there was nobody on our bench."

The Senators were already short-staffed up front with the injury to Bobby Ryan, who was ruled out indefinitely before Sunday's game after taking a shot off his hand in Saturday's win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Ottawa's injury woes come at a particularly inopportune time as the club is about to embark on a four-game road trip that begins Tuesday night in New Jersey.

Sunday's loss prevented the Senators from tying the Montreal Canadiens' point total atop the Atlantic Division, but they still have two games in hand.

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Watch: Matthews scores incredible goal while being hauled down

The jury's still out on the Toronto Maple Leafs, but there's no doubt Auston Matthews is actually good.

The 19-year-old phenom scored a jaw-dropping goal Sunday against the Carolina Hurricanes, sliding the puck in while behind dragged down by defenseman Phillip Di Giuseppe midway through the second period.

It was Matthews' 28th of the season, putting him into a tie for third in the NHL and level for first among rookies with Winnipeg Jets forward Patrik Laine.

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