You know a playoff series is starting to rev up when teams can’t even peacefully share an ice surface during warm-ups.
The New York Islanders and Tampa Bay Lightning seemed to draw a red line in the sand between each other before Game 3, with the two sides exchanging a couple bumps and mean looks.
It’s ... honestly a pretty amusing spectacle.
You can watch it all in the video above. Perhaps this GIF will fuel a meme or two:
Tempers are flaring REALLY early in this one. #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/bEQaDWpceT
— NBC Sports Hockey (@NBCSportsHockey) May 3, 2016
Brian Boyle downplayed the exchange(s):
Boyle smirks and tells NBCSN it's just a couple of guys ready to play, boys being boys. "It's going to be a physical game."
— Nick Cotsonika (@cotsonika) May 3, 2016
