I saw the replay on the disputed goal...my impressions, contact with Johnson was incidental to start with, as the Flames' D-man was riding Hossa's back, by the time Hossa and the Flames' D-man (Brodie?) were in the crease, so was the puck...then Hossa, with the puck in the crease, took a couple of whacks at it...the puck was in the crease, and the previously quoted rule seemed to apply...I thought Hossa whiffed twice at the puck, once high, once, low. I thought Panarin should get credit for the goal.
Then the replays had a montage of Crawford's late efforts...your guys didn't quit, after the bad break. Call it a Crawford stolen game, again.
Lastly, I'd like to see a rule change where a penalty with less than 2minutes remaining be a penalty shot. Not that I thought Anisimov's late trip looked blatant or intentional, but, it WAS a trip, and it did deny a bad angle attempt as the puck was being scrambled for.
I'll watch the game in its entirety in the morning...I'll call it a bit of a lucky road win for my guys, for now.
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