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Dallas stars took a 2-1 lead on the Winnipeg jets in the Stanley Cup qualifiers on Sunday evening after a controversial goal gave them a late lead in match 3.
Alexander Petrovic scored with 4:09 p.m. to play in the match. However, the goal was not easy to call. NHL officials launched a video review and watched the sequences for more than five minutes to determine if Petrovic gave a kick to the washer in the net.
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The goalkeeper of the Winnipeg Jets of Winnipeg Connor Hellebuyck, # 37, Alex Iafallo, # 9, and Morgan Barron, # 36, speak with judge Jesse Marquis, # 86, while Dallas stars celebrate a goal scored by Alexander Petrovic in the third period of match 3 in a second round NHL Hockey Playoff Series in Dallas Sunday, May 1125. (AP photo / Julio Cortez)
Finally, the officials determined that the guardian of the jets Connor Hellebuyck propelled the washer into his own net. The goal gave Dallas an advance of 3-2 at the time. The stars won the match, 5-2.
Jets coach Scott Arniel challenged the interpretation of officials of the rule that allowed Petrovic.
“The rule stipulates that if the washer is launched, if it strikes a body or stick of someone other than the goalkeeper, it counts as a goal. He struck the stick of our goalkeeper and went into the net. This is not a goal,” said Arniel. “So they said that Helly had propelled the washer, and I did not see the word propelled into the rules book.”
Winnipeg’s goalkeeper Jets Connor Hellebuyck, # 37, is deposited by the net as Sam Steel of Dallas Stars, # 18, and the rest of the line celebrates a goal scored by Alexander Petrovic, in Pile Against The Boards, in the third period of match 3 of 2025 in the second round. (AP photo / Julio Cortez)
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Stars Coach Peter Deboer said he was happy that officials took the time to review the room to “do things correctly”.
The washer first came out of a blow from Mikko Rantanen. He turned off off Hellebuyck to his right, then Petrovic’s participation and return to the net.
“I saw him somehow kicking, but I did not see any replay. … I thought it was probably 50-50, but thank God, they called him a goal,” said Rantanen.
Petrovic, who scored in playoffs for the first time in nine years, called him a “lucky goal”.
NHL fans were not enthusiastic and expressed it as much on X.
Rantanen scored 49 seconds after the game resumed.
Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel, on the left, talks with referee Chris Rooney, n ° 5, in the third period of match 3 of a series of NHL qualifying series in the second round against Dallas stars in Dallas on Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP photo / Julio Cortez)
Match 4 is scheduled for Tuesday in Dallas.
