| The New York Rangers won Game 6 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series against the Ottawa Senators, 3-2, but it was a closer game in the end than goalie Henrik Lundqvist believed it should have been. That's because with 38.4 seconds remaining, a scrum in his crease resulted in a goal scored by Jason Spezza on a play in which Lundqvist was interfered with by Chris Neil and it appeared Neil kicked the puck over the line. "It's an absolute joke. Oh my god, it scares me. It's such an obvious play, goalie interference, and a kick. And they still call it a goal? That scares me, that someone can call that. It still upsets me," he said after the game. "Someone wants them back in the game obviously. There's no other explanation. " (Not for nothing, but with all the dogging that goes on here about NBC analysts "behind the glass" during games, Bryan Hayward absolutely killed it on this sequence, getting right to the interference call, which was the key to the play.) The NHL's situation room explained its decision to award the goal on its Situation Room blog: « At 19:21 of the third period in the Rangers/Senators game, video review was used to determine if Ottawa Senators forward Chris Neil kicked the puck into the New York net. Video review was inconclusive in determining if Chris Neil's left skate propelled the puck into the net. Call on the ice stands, good goal Ottawa.» Inconclusive. Which of course means that for all the chatter about the play being "taken out of the ... |
