GI outside the crease is tricky, GI inside not so much. By the NHL rules, if you are inside the crease and you keep the goaltender from being able to move into a spot inside the crease (like Talbot was trying to come further out to cut the angle), that's GI. In the crease and you even just screen the goalie and a shot goes in, that's GI. You don't even have to touch him. GI was the right call in that game by the letter of the rules.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Same call was made in Vegas's favour earlier in the series - if anything, this is a remarkable level of consistency for NHL officials.69.3 Contact Inside the Goal Crease
- If an attacking player initiates contact with a goalkeeper, incidental or otherwise, while the goalkeeper is in his goal crease, and a goal is scored, the goal will be disallowed.
- If a goalkeeper, in the act of establishing his position within his goal crease, initiates contact with an attacking player who is in the goal crease, and this results in an impairment of the goalkeeper’s ability to defend his goal, and a goal is scored, the goal will be disallowed.
- If, after any contact by a goalkeeper who is attempting to establish position in his goal crease, the attacking player does not immediately vacate his current position in the goal crease (i.e. give ground to the goalkeeper), and a goal is scored, the goal will be disallowed. In all such cases, whether or not a goal is scored, the attacking player will receive a minor penalty for goalkeeper interference.
- If an attacking player establishes a significant position within the goal crease, so as to obstruct the goalkeeper’s vision and impair his ability to defend his goal, and a goal is scored, the goal will be disallowed.
Tuch had one foot and most of his body solidly in the crease. Talbot could give him a reacharound and it would still be GI. Even if Talbot never touches Tuch, it's still GI. Don't stand in the crease, if you get pushed in try to get out. Tuch just sat in the crease, easy call. Tuch didn't get pushed in either, he wilfully skated into the crease behind Dumba and had ample opportunity to leave before the shot came. It doesn't help his case that the ref yelled at him to get out of the crease multiple times before the goal.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote