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Originally Posted by Ashasx
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Um, yes. That is it exactly.
The rule is pretty stright-forward: if you have possession, you can't put yourself offside. However, if your stick is not on the puck, you don't have possession.
For the Makar goal, he did not have possession, so his team-mate was able to tag up before he touched the puck.
For the McDavid (non) goal, he did not have possession, so he put himself offside.
The rule is pretty black and white actually, and you have to be pretty biased to not see how the same call was made for both.