Playoff hockey is all about toughness! We never like to see a player lying on the ice, but a good, hard-hitting check makes for a good show. In the first matchup between the Minnesota Wild and the Dallas Stars, we had both scenarios on the same sequence. Matt Dumba gave Joe Pavelski a hard check, but he was left lying on the ice, completely stunned. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/tiemyskatespod/status/1648162970529038336?t=91aNUwUlSQOCdmRfrQtLlw&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/sportsnet/status/1648163466123829248?s=46&t=o-Q0QckAboRGrsPBT1vFrQ'> </a></blockquote></div> Pavelski had a hard time getting to the dressing room, losing his balance with each skate. As for Dumba, the defenseman got off with a two-minute roughing infraction.