Bruins baffled by NHL decision not to overturn Panthers goal for interference: ‘I couldn’t play my position’

BOSTON — The way remembered the sequence, he was trying to play an rebound that bounced off ’s left pad. The next thing he knew, he felt a stick in his back. The stick of villain , of course. “I’m trying to make a play,” Coyle said after the Boston Bruins ’ 3-2 Game 4 loss to Bennett and the . “It goes through me. I feel a push from behind. I go down on Sway. The puck trickles past, right to their guy. Empty net. I figured I could probably turn around and make a play on it or clear it.

“That the play didn’t interfere with the goal. That’s the explanation I got.” According to the , video review upheld the original on-ice call of a good goal. The shove by Coyle on Bennett, per the league, and the subsequent contact on Swayman did not prevent the goalie from playing his position in the crease prior to the Florida center’s goal. By Coyle’s recollection, he got a good piece of Swayman on his way down. Bennett hit him that hard.

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