21.   After the puck struck him on the right side of his head, Arnott responded with a hard check that sent Stephane Yelle to the ice.

22.   Anaheim right wing Valeri Karpov left the game in the third period after a hard check and may have fractured his wrist.

23.   Lindros seemed to be fully recovered from the injury, playing his typically physical game by delivering several hard checks.

24.   Someone lands a hard check on a Devils player, and the immediate response is to whack his opponent illegally.

25.   The game was full of hard checks throughout.

26.   The puck hit Arnott on the right side, and he responded with a hard check that knocked Stephane Yelle to the ice.

27.   The Red Wings also played the third period without all-star defenseman Paul Coffey, who was knocked out by a hard check in the second.

28.   Thornton skated gingerly to the bench after a hard check by Grant Ledyard in the third period.