Oh controversial disallowed playoff overtime goals. You are so … great if you’re the team it goes for. And so awful for the team it goes against. Elation to disaster within the blink of a situation room phone call to the referee.
Nikita Kucherov thought he had a goal. A whole lot of us did in Tampa’s Game 1 contest at Belle Centre against the Montreal Canadiens. But he didn’t.
Look at the goal which was called off by referee Eric Furlatt:
At 2:56 of overtime in the Tampa Bay Lightning/Montreal Canadiens game, the referee informed the Situation Room that Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov pushed goaltender Carey Price's pad so he was unable to play his position properly.