From the looks of it, Colin Miller appeared to deliver a clean hit on Alex Burmistrov during the second period of the Bruins’ 4-1 win over the Coyotes on Tuesday night. But the on-ice officials saw things differently.

As Burmistrov laid out on the ice for several minutes from the effects of the hit before being stretchered off and taken to a local hospital, Miller was given a game misconduct as his shoulder made contact to Burmistrov’s head. Miller, who tallied his fifth goal of the season to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead over the Coyotes in the first period, was also assessed a matching minor for roughing along with Jakub Chychrun in the aftermath of the Burmistrov hit.

While being stretchered off the ice, Burmistrov gave two thumbs up to the crowd indicating movement in his extremities. The Coyotes forward also posted a picture on Instagram from one of the Boston area hospitals stating that he was okay.

Although his shoulder came in contact with Burmistrov’s head, it was not the principal point of contact. In the eyes of many, it looked to be a brutal, but clean hit.

“I was just trying to step up in the neutral zone and make a play on him, but you never like to see that with him going off on the stretcher,” Miller told the media about his hit on Burmistrov at 3:49 of the second period with the score tied 1-1. “Hopefully he’s feeling better.”

During his postgame media session with reporters, Miller also stated that he reached out to Burmistrov via text message. In response, Burmistrov as well as Coyotes coach Dave Tippett called the hit a hockey play.

“He was in a vulnerable position, but it was a hockey hit. Burmistrov’s head was down and it’s a hard hit,” Tippett told reporters outside of the visiting locker room. “It’s a hit that happens in hockey. You never like to see anybody get hurt and I don’t think it was an intentional hit to hurt somebody – it was a guy who stepped up on a[nother] guy who was in a vulnerable position and he caught him on the side. It sounds like [Burmistrov] is going to be alright.”

The NHL Department of Player Safety has not stated whether or not Miller will have a hearing in the coming days. Given Tippett’s comments and Burmistrov’s response to Miller, it’s hard to see the league giving this incident a further review.

“Well, first of all, you’re always worried about the player’s health. We understand that he’s doing okay. It looked like [Colin] – it was a clean hit, even though Burmistrov’s in a vulnerable position. Again, we want to see him – his health is first and foremost,” interim coach Bruce Cassidy added at his postgame press conference.

“But, I thought it was a clean hit from my vantage point. We had a quick discussion with the officials. It’s a bang-bang call, so we’re not going to beat it up. That’s what I saw, and I guess down the road, they’ll look at it or they won’t, I don’t know what will happen there. But, like I said, we’re glad he’s okay.”

Indeed he is. According to Sarah McLellan of the Arizona Republic, Burmistrov was released from the hospital and rejoined his Coyotes teammates on Tuesday night.

Update on Alexander Burmistrov: #Coyotes say he was treated and released from hospital and will rejoin the team this evening.

— Sarah McLellan (@azc_mclellan) March 1, 2017