Timonen downplayed Kunitz's hit, but Stevens said he thought the Penguins forward was trying to put his top defenseman out.
"It was a hard, hard hit," Stevens said. "He's not just trying to get the puck there, he's trying to hit him to hurt him. I'm not saying it's a good hit. Your team should be able to respond. That's hockey, that's playoff hockey. That's the way it happens. Emotions run. That's why I feel the game has a way of policing itself."
After seeing the replay, Timonen said he's surprised he didn't sustain a concussion.
"It's not really my job to judge if that's a penalty or not," he said. "It was a hard hit, obviously, and I have to move on. If you let that affect your game, and I know they're going to try to hit me, if you start thinking about that before the game, you're going to kind of let your own game down."
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