The NHL Changes Score Sheet To Hide Controversy on Kadri's Goal
After Nazem Kadri Scored the biggest goal of his NHL career in his return to the lineup after having thumb surgery we thought it was another Stanley cup moment.
However When Jon Cooper talked post game and shared he wasn't happy with the winning goal it had the hockey world scratching their heads wondering what was wrong with the goal?
We would later learn by Hockey Insider Elliotte Friedman and Sportsnet that they felt the Avalanche had too many men on the ice and Nazem Kadri did a illegal chance in Cooper's opinion. But the controversy didn't end their.
After Sportsnet revealed photos of the media's game sheets acknowledges the officiating crew's mistake. The game sheets are automatically generated by player tracking software which logs which players were on the ice during a play. So after the game the NHL handed the media members their game log
Much to everyone's surprise the log listed 7 Avalanche players on the ice at the time of the goal including Nathan MacKinnon who Kadri replaced.
This had fans more confused and wondering did the NHL do a cover up? Some fans would go on the NHL.com website to verify this, it was clear the league had updated this log to remove the additional players. However the NHL already released a statement basically saying the on-ice officials didn't see any too many men issues on the goal and this isn't something the Lightning could challenge.
What's done is done and the Avalanche are one win away from ending Tampa's run as the defending two time Stanley cup champions. But we all know the last win is the hardest to get and Tampa isn't going to go down easy that's for sure.
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