Congrats to the officials for becoming the focal point of the game and likely cause of millions of North Americans to tune out the game after the first period. Any good will the NHL had with the recent talks of how NHL playoffs were better than the NBA were thrown out the window after that ghastly first period. Nothing like making your league look 2nd tier on it's biggest stage. I'm sure there were millions of Americans still today trying to figure out why that first goal was disallowed and why one team can get two penalties on the same play to be down two men and the other team commit an infraction while up by two men and have the officials look the other way essentially ending the game before the first intermission. Well done NHL.
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