The call reversed momentum and scoring in Saturday’s third game between the Nashville Predators and Colorado Avalanche.
Gabe Landeskog gave the impression of scoring with a throw in the reception with 5:58 to play in the era of the moment to give Colorado a 4-3 lead at Bridgestone Arena.
But the Predators challenged the play by interference with the goal after the touch between Avalanche forward Artturi Lehkonen and Nashville’s goal Connor Ingram. The touch was not noticed live, but Ingram pointed to Lehkonen after the goal and replays showed Lekhonen’s right skate opposite Ingram’s left leg as the shot went into the net.
Lekhonen pushed himself with Nashville’s Mikael Granlund in front of the net, but Lekhonen entered the enclave of his own free will.
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TNT rules analyst Don Koharski, a retired NHL umpire, said on the game’s broadcast that he immediately thought it would be interference with the goalie.
“(Lekhonen) has any and all possibilities to look at this goalkeeper,” Koharski said. ‘t. “
Well, he was shocked.
The NHL’s crisis room in Toronto allowed the goal to be maintained. Later Saturday, the NHL said of the decision: “Review of the video showed that The movements of Nashville’s Mikael Granlund led Colorado’s Artturi Lehkonen to touch Connor Ingram before Gabriel Landeskog’s target. “
Because the challenge was unsuccessful, Avalanche again had a numerical advantage. Colorado scored a goal almost immediately helped through a connor Ingram playing error behind his net. Instead of an imaginable 3-3 draw, avalanche won 5-3.
It is a familiar chorus among members of the media and NHL enthusiasts that goal-ending decisions and interference criticism have little or no consistency. Not to protect the league, however, goalkeeper interference deals with many problems and moving parts. The officers read about the touch between the attackers and the protectors as well as with the goalkeeper, and how the protectors end up in the enclosure.
But it is also not a smart signal when the national broadcaster appeals to its arbitration guru, who is instantaneous and consistent in saying that the purpose will have to be excluded, and the resolution goes against that observation.
The contact caused the Nashville complex to slip between the goalie and the attacking player, and the Predators came out worse off.