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Originally Posted by oilers_fan
I'm at work and missed all three regulation goals by Anaheim and then of course the OT goal. Was there legit goalie interference on the third goal? I haven't seen a replay yet.
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All kinds if gray area.
Nurse shoves Kesler down into the crease, Kesler appears to sort of lay there, sorta on/off Talbots pads. Nurse somewhat holds Kesler there for part of the time, at least. With the way Kesler fell, and the way the play happened, Keslers stick ends up under Talbots pads, so he's held back from getting up, unless he drops his stick. Meanwhile, Kesler is hanging on to his stick, and his arm is between Talbots leg and the top portion of the pads. Kesler trying to get up is essentially is pulling Talbots pads away from where Talbot want them. In my estimation the whole thing is unintentional. The whole thing is maybe about 4 seconds.
There probably isn't a specific rule to tell whether the call should be interference or not. I think Anaheim would and should be furious had the goal been waved off, just as Edmonton was furious that the goal was allowed.
From Anaheim's perspective:
Kesler was shoved into the crease, and into Talbot
Nurse was partially on top of Kesler preventing him from getting up
Kesler couldn't get up because his stick was stuck.
From Edmonton's perspective:
Kesler gets knocked into the crease, but seemingly doesn't try to get back out of the way when he has an opportunity.
Kesler is basically indirectly pulling on Talbots pad. If he was actually pulling on his pad directly, this is no doubt goalie interference.