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Dallas Star After a controversial goal gave the Winnipeg Jets a 2-1 series lead in the Stanley Cup playoffs on Sunday night.
Alexander Petrovich scored with 16:09 left in the game. But the goal was not easy. NHL officials I started a video review and watched the sequence for over 5 minutes to determine if Petrovich kicked the puck into the net.
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Winnipeg Jets goaltenders Conor Helebuick, #37, Alex Ifaro, #9, Morgan Baron, #36 speak with lineman Jesse Marquis. (AP Photo/Gulio Cortez)
Eventually, authorities determined that Jets goaltender Connor Helebuick had driven the puck into his net. The goal was to give Dallas a 3-2 lead at the time. The star won the game 5-2.
Jets Coach Scott Arniel had problems with the interpretation of the rules that allowed Petrovich.
“If the puck gets kicked, if it hits someone else’s body or stick, it counts as a goal. It hits our goaltender stick and goes to the net. It’s not a goal,” Arniel said. “So they said Hellie drove the pack, but I’ve never seen the words promoted in the rulebook.”
Winnipeg Jets goaltender Conor Helebuik #37 will raise online to celebrate the goals Alexander Petrovik against the board in 2025, when the Dallas Stars’ Sam Steel #18, and the remaining lines will be celebrating the goals of the third season of the third season of Dallas’ second round NHL Hockey Playoffs Series, May 11th, 2025. (AP Photo/Gulio Cortez)
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Star Director Peter DeBoer said he was happy that staffers took the time to review the play to “get it right.”
The pack originally came out of a shot of Mikko Lantanen. It bouncing off Hellebuyk to his right, then left Petrovich’s interest and headed back towards the net.
“I saw him kick it, but I didn’t see a replay of it. …I thought it was probably 50-50, but I’m grateful that they called it the goal,” said Rantanen.
Petrovic, who scored the playoffs for the first time in nine years, called it a “lucky goal.”
NHL fans weren’t enthusiastic, they expressed it with an X.
Rantanen recorded 49 seconds since play resumed.
Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel will be discussing with umpire Chris Rooney #5 in the third term of the third term of the second round of the NHL Hockey Playoffs Series with the Dallas Stars on Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Gulio Cortez)
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Game 4 is set in Dallas on Tuesday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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