IMO Bruess hit on Lapointe was a slew foot, maybe not the intent to injure like his knee on knee and cfb the night before, but, after those, I refuse to give him the benefit of the doubt. Yes, Lapointe went into the boards off balance, that's what happens when your slew footed, you fall over backwards. You seldom see it done where the player goes into the boards, for that reason it was a very dangerous play by Bruess.
Because of the long wait while Lapointe was taken off the ice. the Sioux coaches and players were given the opportunity to get their emotions under control. Winning the game was much more important than a Bruess beat down which most of us (and the Sioux) probably wanted to happen at the time.
As a result of the Bruess' attempts to injure, after he scored the go ahead goal, the Sioux did not want to get beat on a goal by "that guy" (Hak's post game comment). Sweet that the two guys Bruess attempted to injure on Friday night (Genoway and Gregoire), together put the game away with the GWG. That was a much better response than a Bruess beat down (if he keeps this kind of play up, he'll get his from someone/somewhere down the road).
For now, the Sioux can be happy they won the game, and kicked the purple cows down where they belong. Kudos to the Sioux for playing the game the way it was called. Jutting and the Mavs don't seem to be able to make that adjustment, to their detriment.