NEW YORK (AP) The NHL has acknowledged video review incorrectly nullified a late-game goal by the Colorado Avalanche during a 4-3 loss to the St. Louis Blues.
In a statement released Friday, the league said it made a mistake by taking away Mikko Rantanen’s goal late in the third period on a coach’s challenge for offside. The review determined that Sven Andrighetto was offside, but on a previous entry into the zone, which is not supposed to subject to a challenge.
By rule, challenges can only be made on the entry into the offensive zone before a goal. Because of that, the league says ”the goal should have counted.”
If the goal had counted, the Avalanche and Blues would have been tied at 4-all at 17:26 of the third period and St. Louis would have been given a two-minute minor penalty.
This is the first time since coach’s challenges were instituted before the 2015-16 season that the NHL has admitted a mistake was made on an offside review.
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This is a corrected story. A previous version indicated it was Sven Andrighetto’s goal.
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This story has been corrected to show it was Rantanen’s goal.
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