As we all know, hockey is a game of inches. The Pittsburgh Penguins were the latest to discover this age old adage Wednesday night in an attempt to break a 1-1 tie against the Montreal Canadiens.
Mike Condon saves sure Penguins goal with the swipe of his pads
Close, but not close enough.
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Patric Hornqvist's point blank shot got the flurry started on goaltender Mike Condon. The netminder did the splits in goal as he had fallen forward in the scramble for the rebound. On the broadcast, the puck looked to be lost before squirting out to the right of the goal and was then recovered by a Habs defender. Only on the replay going to commercial break did we see how close the Penguins had come to a goal.
that was a lot closer than I thought pic.twitter.com/JlBSbEvkAF
— Stephanie (@myregularface) November 12, 2015 Coming out of the break, the officials on the ice had started to review the play, but it was deemed inconclusive, as Condon’s right pad swung back just quick enough to sweep the puck away before it completely crossed the red line.
For the skeptics, here’s the above view of the play, which definitely shows the puck did not go over the line.
don't see any white between the puck and goal line. definitely not a goal. pic.twitter.com/ob1AfwfGP8
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