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Drouin scores in NHL return, Lightning ice home ice

NEWARK, N.J. -- Jonathan Drouin scored the winning goal in his second-chance return to the NHL, and the Tampa Bay Lightning clinched home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs with a 4-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.

Erik Condra and Cedric Paquette also scored and Ben Bishop made 20 saves for the injury-plagued Lightning, who snapped a two-game losing streak and won for only the third time in seven games. Valtteri Filppula scored an empty-net goal in the final minute.