Middleton was shoved head-first into the boards by the New York Islanders' Bo Horvat during the second period of what ultimately was a 3-1 Wild loss in New York. Horvat received a two-minute boarding penalty, but Guerin was incensed it wasn't a major.

New York Islanders forward Bo Horvat was the center of attention in the team's contest against the Minnesota Wild. During their recent meeting, Horvat and Wild

The Islanders had lost two of three games in California immediately after the Brock Nelson trade and looked adrift without one of their best players. They were five points out of the playoffs with a thicket of teams to pass and just over a month left in the season. They had rallied to make it a year earlier, but this was a different, tougher task.

Ahead of a matchup with huge playoff implications, New York Islanders star Bo Horvat sent a bold message to Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson, and the rest of the Vancouver Canucks.

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Wild defenseman Jake Middleton exited Friday's game against the New York Islanders with an upper-body injury. The play happened in the second period when Islanders forward Bo Horvat hit Middleton from behind into the boards.

The Islanders look to snap a six-game winless skid (0-4-2) when they host the Wild on Friday night (7:30 p.m., MSGSN)