NHL attempts to explain last night's controversial goal call.
The National Hockey League has offered an explanation, but fans are not buying it.
The National Hockey League has attempted to offer an explanation for a highly controversial call that was made on Friday night, but fans are simply not buying it.
The controversy surrounds a goal, that wasn't a goal, that occurred during the Friday night matchup between the Anaheim Ducks and Florida Panthers. Veteran Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg thought he had the game tying goal, but the officials on the ice saw it differently. Although the puck appeared to cross the goal line on the replays that we were given during the NHL broadcast, the officials on the ice ruled it to be "no goal."
You can look at the overhead replay and make a judgement of your own.
Fans at home were left wondering why the league opted not to overturn the call on the ice upon further review, and the NHL has now offered an explanation via the league's official website. While it is technically an explanation, it isn't one that I believe will leave the fans who were frustrated feeling at all satisfied about the situation.
From the NHL:
The Situation Room initiated a video review to further examine whether Jakob Silfverberg’s shot entered the Florida net. There was no conclusive video evidence to show that Silfverberg’s shot crossed the Florida goal line and thus, the call on the ice was upheld.
Here's another look with an additional angle:
Are you with the NHL on this one? Or did they simply blow the same call twice, even with the benefit of additional video review?
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