It can be hard enough to score in the defensive-minded NHL these days. So fans at the MTS Centre were a wee bit unhappy — that’s putting it mildly — when a pair of goals were waved off this week in exhibition play.
On Thursday, Drew Stafford appeared to score a short-handed goal against Minnesota in the third period, but the goal light didn’t go on and the referee emphatically waved it off. In-house replays later showed the puck entered the net before quickly exiting.
On Friday, Brandon Tanev made a beautiful rush that ended with him banging his own rebound out of the air into the net.