I do agree that if it had happened the other way around, people, especially on this site, would obviously feel differently about the refs making that call.
However, I do also agree with the general sentiment in this thread that calling back a goal for something as trivial as what happened is definitely not helping the game. For a play that was almost certainly unintentional and really had minimal bearing on the goal since the puck went to a few different players afterwards before going into the net, it's a shame that such a review results in such a negative impact on what was becoming a very intense and exciting third period. The review basically sucked the life out of the game as a whole and I never found any part of the rest of the period anywhere near the same intensity as what it was leading into the no goal.
For a league that always seems to be searching for how they can make the game more exciting, I think this is definitely something they need to look into and get rid of. As much as I hate agreeing with McDavid, I feel like some of his complaints to the media over the last few months about missed calls earlier in plays resulting in overturned goals is pretty fair in my opinion.
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