After Cooper put the spotlight on Kadri's winning goal, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar watched the video too, and concluded "nothing" unusual happened during the change between Kadri and MacKinnon.
"That's part of the game," Bednar said. "It's a fluid game. You're changing on the fly, everything happens. You look at that clip, you back that clip up -- and I did multiple times already to see what exactly what they were talking about -- and Tampa's got two guys jumping on with their 'D' coming off the ice from a zone away. I count 7-6 at one point. So that is what it is. That's the way the game is played.
"I don't see it as a break or a non-break. I actually see it as nothing."
Lightning defenseman Ryan McDonagh, who was on the ice for Kadri's goal, agreed that what happened during the change between Kadri and MacKinnon was not uncommon.
"It probably happens more times than we think," McDonagh said. "Obviously, it's heightened there with the result and the outcome, and you ask players, we're looking for every inch to get an advantage and try and jump in the play when you know your change is coming. It's impossible to say what's the right decision there.
"It's so fast, and it probably happens a million more times a game more than we think."
A less emotional Cooper categorized it as "a break" for Colorado he preferred not to dwell upon with Tampa Bay facing elimination Friday.
"I've moved on," Cooper said. "I'd be really happy to talk about tomorrow night's game if anybody wants to talk about that."