Challenge Initiated By: New York
Type of Challenge: Goaltender Interference
Result: Call on the ice is overturned – No goal Washington
Explanation: Video review determined Washington’s T.J. Oshie had a significant presence in the crease and made incidental contact with goaltender Semyon Varlamov that impaired his ability to play his position in the crease prior to the goal. The decision was made in accordance with Rule 69.1 which states, in part, “Goals should be disallowed only if: (1) an attacking player, either by his positioning or by contact, impairs the goalkeeper’s ability to move freely within his crease or defend his goal.”
