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Originally Posted by Scornfire
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"Interference is covered by rule 56 of the NHL rule book and states that a player isn’t allowed to restrain or impede an opponent with any part of the body or stick if the opponent isn’t in possession of the puck."
McDavid takes out Garland who did not have possession of the puck with open ice hit (and what appears to be an elbow to the face), then lays on top of him.
The play should have been blown dead right there, but instead the refs let the Oilers continue to press as they still had possession. The refs decided to put the whistles away which at first was 100% to the benefit of the Oilers.