Yes yes, I get it, another thread about the reffing, but I am genuinely looking to see if I am missing something in the rule book here. Last night in the Sabres/Detroit game Jeff Skinner got in a tussle at centre ice and cross checked a detroit player. It went uncalled (not a big deal, this stuff has been happening a lot). However, the Sabres then went on and scored a goal shortly after. During the goal celebration another tussle ensued and the refs gave out penalties to both teams. One of those penalties was to Jeff Skinner for cross checking.
So can anyone explain this to me? Either Skinner should not have gotten a penalty, or if he did, the goal should not have counted as there would have been a delayed penalty call against Buffalo correct? Is there anything in the rules that can justify this? This isn't even a my team got screwed or anything because my team benefited. I just don't understand how you both allow the goal but also call the penalty after the goal for an infraction before the goal was scored.
Edit: I worded this poorly so here is a timeline of events:
1 - Skinner cross checks detroit player
2 - Buffalo scores goal
3 - tussle after goal
4 - refs penalize skinner for the cross check before the goal
Video is in post #6
So can anyone explain this to me? Either Skinner should not have gotten a penalty, or if he did, the goal should not have counted as there would have been a delayed penalty call against Buffalo correct? Is there anything in the rules that can justify this? This isn't even a my team got screwed or anything because my team benefited. I just don't understand how you both allow the goal but also call the penalty after the goal for an infraction before the goal was scored.
Edit: I worded this poorly so here is a timeline of events:
1 - Skinner cross checks detroit player
2 - Buffalo scores goal
3 - tussle after goal
4 - refs penalize skinner for the cross check before the goal
Video is in post #6
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