Death, taxes and hockey fans not understanding what the hell is deemed goaltender interference these days.
And that's not an indictment whatsoever on the fans at all; it’s for good reason.
For the second straight game, a disallowed goal played a part in the outcome of the hockey game for Mike Babcock and the Toronto Maple Leafs.
After Auston Matthews was deemed to have interfered with Avalanche goaltender Jonathan Bernier on Monday night, the Chicago Blackhawks scored the game-tying goal against the Leafs on Wednesday night that drew the ire of Leafs fans because ‘Hawks forward Artem Anisimov appeared to have interfered with Leafs goaltender Freddie Andersen. The goal stood up as Nick Schmaltz' 13th of the season.
Leafs fans were outraged and confused.
Along with media members and fans around the league, everyone jumped to Twitter to voice their displeasure and perplexity with the NHL on the latest chapter in the saga.
Here’s some of the best reaction from hockey Twitter.
The game remained tied at 2-2 through the end of regulation and went to overtime. But luckily for Leafs fans, William Nylander capitliazed on an overtime penalty shot to win it for the buds, which helped mitigate the outrage. That Nylander goal, by the way, tied an NHL record for the fastest goal scored in overtime history.
But the question still needs to be asked:
What exactly is goaltender interference in this day and age, and how do we come out with a template or precedent that determines what is and isn’t a good goal?
And a little consistency would be nice, wouldn't it?
