11.   Lacroix was lifted up and into the boards on a hard check by Flames defenseman Trent Yawney in the second period but was unhurt.

12.   Laycoe delivered a hard check to Richard late in the third period and cut him with a high stick.

13.   Monday night, Tucker jumped into White with a hard check moments before White reacted.

14.   Nedved won the faceoff from Lindros, who immediately knocked Nedved over with a hard check.

15.   Pittsburgh center Andreas Johansson suffered a bruised left shoulder on a hard check by Kevin Stevens along the rear boards midway through the second period and did not return.

16.   That occurred during the scrimmage when veteran defenseman Dallas Eakins laid a hard check on fellow veteran Kris King, a wing.

17.   The injury occurred less than a minute into the final period, while Kloucek was trying to bury Ray Ferraro with a hard check along the boards.

18.   The Red Wings continued to pressure Washington, winning nearly every battle along the boards and delivering the majority of hard checks.

19.   The Penguins were the aggressors early in the game, throwing hard checks that kept the Panthers on their heels.

20.   Play was halted late in the first when a hard check dislodged a metal boards divider, which clattered to the ice.