October 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\nAfter a lengthy review, the call stood. According to the league, \u201cVideo review supported the Referees\u2019 call on the ice that Kevin Lankinen had covered the puck prior to Tyler Bertuzzi pushing his pad, which caused the puck to enter the net. According to Rule 69.3, \u2018If 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.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Bertuzzi held back most of his thoughts, but he didn\u2019t agree.<\/p>\n
\u201cI won\u2019t comment because I\u2019ll probably get fined,\u201d Bertuzzi said. \u201cI think it was not that great of a call. That\u2019s what I think.\u201d<\/p>\n
As confident as Blashill was, he did admit he hadn\u2019t received enough information.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t gotten an explanation yet as for why it wasn\u2019t overturned, so maybe when I hear that, it\u2019ll change my mind,\u201d Blashill said. \u201cWhen you look to the league, if you don\u2019t push the goalie\u2019s pad in, it\u2019s generally a goal. I\u2019m not sure, but I\u2019ll wait to hear. I\u2019ll have to call someone there and get an explanation. I never heard any reason why, so it\u2019s hard for me to comment beyond that. But I was challenging it 100 percent and I\u2019d challenge it again tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blackhawks defenseman Connor Murphy added, \u201cI thought it was going to be challenged. I like that we challenged it. The ref Kelly\u2019s explanation to me was that the puck was partially covered, so they looked at that as a dead puck, even though the whistle still wasn\u2019t blown. I understand the ruling, but I\u2019ve seen a lot of goals in this league \u2014 even against as a D-man \u2014 (where) you\u2019re battling, your goalie\u2019s got it half under equipment and a guy just gives it one poke and it goes in. I didn\u2019t see the goalie\u2019s pad go in; it was more the puck first. So I thought it easily could\u2019ve been counted the other way, too. But you just don\u2019t know sometimes what the ref sees one way or the other.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Blackhawks were charged a penalty for the incorrect challenge, but were able to kill that off. The Canucks later won when Brock Boeser scored the lone goal in a four-round shootout.<\/p>\n