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Originally Posted by Canada 02
excerpt from Rule 69.1
Incidental contact with a goalkeeper will be permitted, and resulting goals allowed, when such contact is initiated outside of the goal crease, provided the attacking player has made a reasonable effort to avoid such contact.
I assume, the ref determined that Trouba did not try to avoid contact
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There's no doubt he didn't. That rule puts the onus on the skater to avoid, or try to. The way that play worked, any reasonable attempt to avoid would have resulted in the trip not happening. And for sure it caused the goal. Rittich just handles the initial shot and covers it otherwise.