

"Well yeah it was a hand pass, but we're going to try and move forward and the league is going to take care of it like they've done so far in the playoffs," Blues forward David Perron said.
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Game 4 of the best-of-seven series is Friday night in St. "No explanation (from the officials)," Berube said. I know that sounds like a cop-out answer, but that's the truth."īlues coach Craig Berube bristled when asked about what happened. "It's a non-reviewable play," NHL Officiating Supervisor Kay Whitmore told a pool reporter. The officials huddled while Karlsson and the Sharks celebrated, but the goal stood. They felt the play should have been blown dead when Nyquist got the puck, but it continued. We found a way to win."īinnington and the Blues complained immediately. It was a game of momentum swings and those quick plays happen all over the ice. I thought we had a great chance just before that, Timo Meier going in. "Quick play and I'm not going to comment on the officiating," Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. Gustav Nyquist then passed it over to Karlsson, who beat Jordan Binnington for his second goal of the game. Meier used his right hand to knock a loose puck toward the front of the net. "At the end of the day I think neither team drew the shortest stick on any of the calls out there so it was a fair game."īut it was the final sequence that likely will live on long after the series is over, possibly sparking a discussion about the NHL's replay rules. "I think we deserved to win this game," Karlsson said. Louis Blues 5-4 on Wednesday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference final. Karlsson scored 5:23 into overtime after the officials missed a hand pass by Meier, and the Sharks rallied to beat the St. LOUIS - Timo Meier handed a big win to Erik Karlsson and the San Jose Sharks.
