Wild forward Marcus Johansson cashes in on an empty net (literally) and is awarded the goal after Justus Annunen is deemed to have dislodged the net and refs rule Johansson would’ve have scored.
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My subjective opinion is that the goalie were intentionally pulling the net off…
Seems like a goal to me. Tired of goalies dislodging the net and ruining scoring chances. You are at the highest professional tier of hockey, quit making amateur mistakes
That should be no goal
Kicking the net off its pegs is such a bush league move.
Net on, that rolls back to the boards. Dang it, man.
Rule 63.7 – NHL Rulebook 2025-2026
“In the event that the goal post is displaced, either deliberately or accidentally, by a defending player, prior to the puck crossing the goal line between the normal position of the goalposts, the Referee may award a goal.
In order to award a goal in this situation, the goal post must have been displaced by the actions of a defending player, the attacking player must have an imminent scoring opportunity prior to the goal post being displaced, and it must be determined that the puck would have entered the net between the normal position of the goal posts.”
So there’s two key points you should take away from this:
1. The rule is based on “imminent scoring opportunity,” aka it’s not based on the act of shooting, or if rebounds play a factor
2. They do not distinguish between if the goal was deliberately or accidentally displaced. All it matters is that a defending player displaced it
Wow! Give that ref a raise. Got it right after goalie clearly dislodged the left goal post intentionally.
Thats the goalies signature move.
Puck crossed the line, looks like a goal. Goalie screwed up. Oops.
holy sh*t, fleury's been gone for a month and goaltendings gone to sh*te
I feel bad for stamkos…
Nashville got screwed there. Net shouldn't come off that easy
I mean go wild but that’s a bs call
Phantom net 😂
I actually love that call.
I did know that you can do that
🤦♂️ when will these Goaltenders learn?
You can't score with out a net
I think he slid and then he knocked it off
Second time in the past week in this game and when the wings played the ducks
That goal wasn't going in either way, should have been just a delay of game penalty
Why everyone are talking about if Annunen did it on purpose?
1. He didn't
2. It doesn't matter, it's a goal either way
Funny thing is had the goalie not knocked the net off intentionally. That rebound off the netting would have been in the corner or behind the net. 😅 So I think it influenced the play and should be dead play 😅
it's hard to have a clear angle about the intention of the goalie,looks like a weird circumstances where nobodies understands what to do, but ref saw the play by his own eyes so I guess that's a goal…. but if the net won't move,I think it could be a save not a sure goal.
Bs goal
It would have went behind the net on the first shot had the goalie not knocked it off the net. It's a delay of game penalty no?
It's not going in on the first shot if the goalie never knocks it off the net. Do you not just call a delay of game?
That's a goal.
I take neither side in this argument, but as a goalie myself sometimes you people don’t understand how easy it is for a peg to come off. It wasn’t on purpose
good call!
That's the real definition of a goal in an empty net
Clearly was not intentional not to mention it definitely wasn’t going in. Ref needs to be investigated
That plsyer mustve known the rule cause he put it over the line after the net went off and immediately looked for a call by the ref.
Not weird… Wild!
I actually think the initial shot was given as a goal would actually have gone off the post
Good call by the ref.
That puck wasn't going in either way.
It's refreshing that they call this a goal
That announcer has the awareness of a slice of pizza…that’s not at all what happened. It went wide Johannsen got it and put it into where the net would have been and since it was knocked off intentionally it’s a good goal.
As a goalie, i hate seeing goalies doing this. Seems like you see it more the past 2-3 seasons in the nhl than you ever used to see it
There’s certain announcers in the NHL I can’t stand…
This guy with the goal call is one of them.
Why does everyone think the goalie intentionally pushed the post? The goalie's hand was pushed away from the post meaning he didn't intentionally shove it out of the way + that net came off way too easily.
Why’d the net come off so easy tho?
And he SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Looks intentional by the GK.
If the net doesnt pop off, the goalie pushes far enough
Good goal. Next time, dont try to cheat, silly…
he was very clearly just trying to push off his post. But even if he did it on purpose the whistle is still to be blown
Im a happy camper