Mat Barzal isn’t flinching in the face of Jordan Staal’s hefty challenge

RALEIGH, N.C. — If this was Jordan Staal’s idea of initiating Mat Barzal to playoff hockey, then the young Islander couldn’t have been more receptive. For when the 30-year-old Carolina captain delivered not one, not two, not even as few as three or four crosschecks to the 21-year-old Islanders center as they jostled for position...