Video: Things get heated before Lightning – Islanders Game 3

You know a playoff series is starting to rev up when teams can’t even peacefully share an ice surface during warm-ups.

The New York Islanders and Tampa Bay Lightning seemed to draw a red line in the sand between each other before Game 3, with the two sides exchanging a couple bumps and mean looks.

It’s … honestly a pretty amusing spectacle.

You can watch it all in the video above. Perhaps this GIF will fuel a meme or two:

Tempers are flaring REALLY early in this one. #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/bEQaDWpceT

— NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) May 3, 2016

Brian Boyle downplayed the exchange(s):

Boyle smirks and tells NBCSN it's just a couple of guys ready to play, boys being boys. "It's going to be a physical game."

— Nick Cotsonika (@cotsonika) May 3, 2016