Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brandon Hagel left Game 4 of the series against the Florida Panthers Monday after a high hit from defenseman Aaron Ekblad that wasn't penalized in the second period, and he was still being evaluated well into the third period.

The Lightning played their best first-round playoff hockey against Florida in Saturday’s Game 3 win without Brandon Hagel. The forward was serving a one-game suspension for his Game 2 interference hit on Florida’s Aleksander Barkov.