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Marco Scandella shot turned to goal after NHL review

Marco Scandella shot turned to goal after NHL review

This was a confusing goal that was eventually called a goal, which wasn't initially.

In the second period of Nashville's 6-5 win over Minnesota, Wild defenseman Marco Scandella fired a rebound shot at Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne. The referee initially didn't say it was a goal, but a lengthy review by the NHL determined so.

Below is the video:

 

You can hear the Wild announcer go "two unbelievable stops by the Predator goaltender."

Per the NHL's situation room:

At 7:17 of the second period in the Nashville Predators/Minnesota Wild game, the Situation Room initiated a video review to further examine a play at the Nashville net. Video review determined that Marco Scandella's rebound shot completely crossed the goal line. Good goal Minnesota.

There seemed to be confusion by the players, and the referee who was in position.

Good thing the league initiated the review. The play ended up making a difference since the Wild took the game to overtime and got a point. But alas, Mattias Ekholm got the game-winner for Nashville.

Can you imagine the incensed rage of fiery Nashville coach Peter Laviolette if the Preds had lost that game with a goal like that? Since he was featured on HBO for their 24/7 documentary leading to the 2012 Winter Classic, we can.

The Predators postgame show had a camera angle over the goal which showed the puck likely was under defenseman Seth Jones, who was behind the goal line, and forward Derek Roy pushed it out from under Jones.

Again, it didn't matter much for the Preds in this game. But if the Wild makes the playoffs by one point over Nashville ...

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