Tensions continue to flare between Lightning and Panthers as Brandon Hagel is knocked out of Game 4
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Tensions continued to escalate in Game 4 of the first-round NHL playoff series between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers.
Tampa Bay’s Brandon Hagel was knocked out of Florida’s 4-2 win on Monday night following a high hit from Aaron Ekblad, four days after Hagel sent Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov out of Game 2 with a late blow.
Ekblad landed a hit with his forearm to the chin area of Hagel, who fell directly on his back with 8:37 left in the