"t was the kind of moment that causes anyone watching to inhale sharply with worry.

Max Talbot was up against the boards in the Flyers' zone. Suddenly, he was run over by Islanders defenseman Steve Staios, who seemed to lift his elbow just as he made contact with the Flyers' center.

Talbot took the hit and fell to the ice. Hard. His head and neck lurched back as he went down. After trying to lift himself up, he merely made it onto his hands and knees before, thankfully, a whistle allowed the Flyers' medical staff to attend to him."