I'm not sure if that's worse than the missed trip in OT against the Preds but it's pretty bad...
It's just weird, though. They look at a bunch of things that they have to know are penalties and think, "nah, not that one, they just had a power play", or whatever. But then they call that? If you're a referee who lives in the mindset of game management - and they all do - why would you call that trip against a team trailing by a goal with under 3 minutes left in the third unless you're actively trying to decide the game?
NHL refereeing is usually bad but it's primarily the result of the mandate to manage games mixed in with occasional incompetence. That call doesn't fit at all.
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