Quoting: Wqrrior
Yeah, this one KK penalty is the one miscall that stands out. I know there were missed calls, but not nearly enough to cause the scope of this game to be altered. I'd give you that one. I can't locate any other miscall that was as blatant and obvious. Still, aside the Kulak penalty, I don't think any of the MTL ones were horribly misguided.
https://twitter.com/HeresYourReplay/status/1352099594423963648?s=20
Anderson's penalty was more than deserved. This is not necessary in hockey. No need to shove someone aggressively into the net on a play that doesn't involve them. Where you might argue it more of a gray area type penalty (not a given), it was right in front of the ref and after the whistle. This is a cheap shot. If any of our players did that to Suzuki, nobody would be complaining.
Or, if nothing else, I don't think it's fair to argue that this play was just handing VAN the game.
We'll have to agree to disagree on the Anderson call
but you're preaching to the quire, Habs fans have seen these kinds of things for years with their "small forwards" being around the crease getting shoved, cross-checked, speared, etc.
seriously though, look at that replay, they both literally go straight to the net from a shot...this kind of play happens multiple times, EVERY game, between players going to the net, and 99% of the time the Dman shoves the guy away from the goalie, and every now and then it's start a bit of a scrum. This really is just a 170lbs kid (and you see him looking back at Anderson knowing its coming) getting shoved by a 230lbs guy... it reminded me of times when Chara would do that to Gallagher, same result, no call. It was a bs sympathy call from the ref for seeing Hughes getting embarrassed (who had an awful game by the way)