6 years, 1 month ago

What happened on that double-review of a no-goal call between the Penguins and Flyers?

Matt Cullen, he of more than 42 years on Earth and over 1,500 games in the NHL, could stake as good a claim as any hockey player to having “seen everything.” There’s always something else, though. “I haven’t seen that, I don’t think, ever,” Cullen said of a sequence during which all of the following happened at PPG Paints Arena: Claude Giroux of the Flyers bested Penguins goalie Matt Murray 1:06 into the second period to presumably give Philadelphia a 1-0 lead. After that review, O’Rourke said Giroux’s goal would stand because Voracek was deemed to have made incidental contact when crossing in front of Murray while being defended by Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan called O’Rourke over to Pittsburgh’s bench and challenged the authenticity of Voracek having been onside when the Flyers entered the offensive zone. “It was pretty obvious that their guy hit stick,” Gostisbehere said of Johnson, whose stick blade’s contact with Murray was likely the action misinterpreted for Voracek’s bumping of the Penguins’ goalie atop the crease.

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