"It's a direct shot to the head," Capuano said postgame, according to Peter Botte of the New York Daily News. "Probably gonna be suspended for a game ... whole game shouldn't come down to that."
Boyle's hit came after Hickey took Tampa forward Jonathan Drouin out for an extended period of time with a punishing hit of his own earlier in the game.
Meanwhile, Lightning coach Jon Cooper wasn't too worried about his overtime hero facing any additional discipline:
Cooper on Boyle hit: "How many hits were in that game? 70? 80? There were 15 more hits in that game that were harder."
It looked like Jonathan Drouin's night might be over after he took a crushing hit from Thomas Hickey earlier in the game, but the Tampa Bay Lightning forward came back to save his team late in Game 3.
With goalie Ben Bishop pulled in the final minute, the 21-year-old picked up his seventh assist of the playoffs by setting up Nikita Kucherov, who scored his team-leading seventh goal to tie the game at four with 39 seconds remaining.
The game would remain tied through 60 minutes. Tuesday marked the Lightning's first overtime game of the playoffs, while the Islanders won all three games that needed extra time during their first-round series against the Florida Panthers.
Nashville Predators head coach Peter Laviolette is shaking up his offense with his team down 2-0 in its second-round series, scratching veteran forward Mike Ribeiro for Game 3 against the San Jose Sharks.
Ribeiro recorded 50 points in 81 games in the regular season, but his struggles so far in the playoffs are hard to ignore:
Mike Ribeiro this postseason: 9 games, 1 assist, minus-3, 35 FOW%.
Replacing him in the lineup will be 22-year-old forward Pontus Aberg, who will make his NHL debut Tuesday. He recorded 40 points in 73 games for the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals this season.
The Sharks won the opening contest 5-2 and now hold a 2-0 series lead, so you can't blame the Predators for looking to capture some of San Jose's feline-related good fortune.
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Jonathan Drouin has been brilliant in Steven Stamkos' absence early in the playoffs, recording seven points in seven games. But the 21-year-old will hope he doesn't join his captain on the sidelines after being victim to a crushing hit in Game 3.
New York Islanders forward Josh Bailey missed the first two games of his team's second-round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning due to an upper-body injury, but he wasted no time making an impact in his return to the lineup in Game 3.
The 26-year-old opened the scoring Tuesday, finishing off a feed from Nikolay Kulemin to beat Ben Bishop less than eight minutes into the first period and end a 21-game goalless drought dating back to March 15.
Bailey had just one assist and a minus-4 rating during the first round against the Florida Panthers, so Islanders fans will hope this is a sign of things to come from the winger.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Matt Murray isn't in the mood to think about what it all means, this ride that he's on. The NHL's best team on the other side of the ice. His mentor watching from bench. An arena chanting his name.
For the moment, there is o...