Two goals, overturned because of goaltender interference, were 'clearly a turning point' on Monday night, Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said, as the Lightning saw their season end with a 6-1 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 5 of their first-round series.
Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper was highly critical of two goalie interference calls that went against his team in their Game 5 loss to the"This is clearly a turning point in the game. If anyone's going to talk about this game, they're going to talk about the goals that were taken away," Cooper said after theThe first goalie interference review was a coach's challenge initiated by Florida at 13 minutes of the first period.
The second goalie interference play happened at 17:48 of the second period, as a goal was immediately waved off when the officials said Cirelli made incidental contact with Bobrovsky while battling defenseman"Obviously, it sucks. But it's our job to go out there and keep battling and trying to get the next one. When you think you have a goal and it goes the other way, you get down a little bit. But it doesn't matter. You go out there and keep playing," Cirelli said.
"Are net-front battles not allowed anymore? That's part of everybody's game. The boxing out that goes there is like prison rules in the playoffs. But it's not prison rules for the goalie? We might as well put skirts on them then, if that's how it's going to be," he said."They have to battle through stuff too. It's a war down there. I think we're letting the goalies off the hook. And they have way more pads on than everybody else does.
"This is just my opinion, I felt it was a little unfair. In the playoffs, how do you let those slide," he asked.series. The Bruins hold a 3-1 lead in that series, potentially setting up a playoff rematch from last season's epic first-round upset by Florida in seven games.
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