Here’s the state of Dan Boyle after he took that now-infamous check from Nicklas Backstrom in the waning seconds of Thursday night’s Game 1 of the Rangers-Capitals second-round playoff series:
“I was pretty dazed and confused for a while,” Boyle said after participating fully in Friday’s practice, saying he felt good and should be ready for Game 2 on Saturday afternoon at the Garden, his team down 1-0 after that hit led directly to Joel Ward’s goal with 1.3 seconds left for a 2-1 Washington victory.
“I knew enough that it was a dangerous situation and I had to get back to the net.