NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman offered his unequivocal support Tuesday for the ruling that upheld the Anaheim Ducks\u2019 overtime goal against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a controversy, it was absolutely the right call,\u201d Bettman said in meeting with Associated Press Sports Editors at the NHL headquarters in New York City. \u201cBecause of the technology that we currently use and the cameras that we have inside the net, you could see it, knew for certain that it would be in and over the line.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bettman\u2019s response comes two days after Ryan Poehling\u2019s goal was extensively reviewed to determine whether it fully crossed the goal line, before being allowed to stand in a 4-3 win. The Ducks lead 3-1 and have a chance to clinch the series in playing Game 5 at Edmonton on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Though on-ice officials ruled Poehling scored, questions were raised as to whether there was enough visible evidence to show the puck crossing the line 2:29 into overtime.<\/p>\n
Poehling\u2019s sharp-angle shot hit an Edmonton player\u2019s skate in front and trickled under goalie Tristan Jarry. The puck creeped through Jarry\u2019s legs, appearing to barely cross the goal line, though the top portion of the puck was hidden by the goalie\u2019s skate blade.<\/p>\n
NHL replay officials determined there was no reason to overturn the on-ice call.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I saw some white (between the puck and the goal line) when I was behind the net,\u201d Poehling said. \u201cThen everyone was celebrating. Did it go in? I\u2019m like, \u2018I think so?\u2019 But yeah, I thought so right away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch was not convinced.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t see it going in,\u201d Knoblauch said. \u201cI can\u2019t see the line. … The (initial) goal call on the ice was probably about 60 to 90 seconds after (the shot), maybe even more. They huddled when they got to center ice and then they made the (initial) call that it was a good goal. I don\u2019t know. Wasn\u2019t very definitive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bettman on Tuesday said the NHL is currently testing technological advancements that would further assist replay officials in determining goals. He didn\u2019t reveal any details or provide a timeline on when the technology would be introduced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman offered his unequivocal support Tuesday for the ruling that upheld…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,124023,31862,63618,2390,5341,5337,91227,5339,5340,108125,15954,5573],"class_list":["post-290513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-bettman-nhl-replay-review-ducks-goal","tag-gary-bettman","tag-kris-knoblauch","tag-package-100024-ap-online","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-product-32002-ap-online-hockey-news","tag-product-32562-ap-online-other-sports-news","tag-product-40776-ap-california-sports-only","tag-product-40803-ap-new-york-state-sports-only","tag-ryan-poehling","tag-tristan-jarry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}