I’ve just come to accept that I have no idea what is and isn’t a goaltender interference.

"The ref is told he sucks." As is tradition.

Shannon, the chant "I Disagree With The Non-Call And Really Disagree With Toronto's Video Review" doesn't have the same ring as "Ref You Suck".

THG’s favorite teams: Vancouver- oldest sibling, just wants to see them succeed Boston- middle sibling, can do no right Dallas- youngest sibling, loved unconditionally

That Barkov go ahead goal was DISGUSTING and nobody is talking about it because of the controversy. Makes sense. But makes me sad.

We love you Shannon. Thank you for being so level headed.

The calls against the Bruins are unforgiveable. The way the Bruins are playing is unforgiveable. The Bruins can control one of these things.

Pretty sure I heard a “shoot the puck” chant from the crowd as well

A decent chunk of Bruins Twitter wants Jim Montgomery fired over these playoffs- am I crazy for thinking that this team has no business being in the 2nd round and they’re playing with house money?

Two things can be true: That was goalie interference… and the bruins had no business winning this game

I'm no Bruins fan, but the fact Bennett straight sucker punched Marchand and didn't get suspended is wild to me. Is DOPS on vacation during the playoffs? We usually have a few suspensions at this point and we haven't even had a hearing. There hasn't been a lack of suspension worthy plays either.

The shots tell the tale.

Hey man, just wanted to say huge respect for doing your best to stay objective despite being a Boston fan. The media coverage of this series has really been something.

Boston's offense this series is Aaron Ekblad. Fortunately, he didn't cost the Panthers the game.

Imagine if the ref skated to center ice after speaking to Toronto and said "After video review it was determined that Boston's goaltender was caught lacking even if the player wasn’t there and it would've gone in anyways therefore we have a goal"

The Bruins just want to have a 3 game comeback against the Panthers. In all seriousness the Panthers are simply outperforming the Bruins, and the Bruins have no answer.

As a Panthers fan, I thought the Bennett goal would’ve been overturned. I can understand SOME frustration from Boston, to be fair. But, that doesn’t make up for how much they’re being outplayed. 2 SOG in the 3rd is not a recipe for winning. And Barkov scored 1 on 3.

Here after the Canucks review to give some love to THG. Keep up the amazing work!

Aside from not really getting shots, Boston is really shooting themselves in the foot taking some bad penalties.

One thing being overlooked is Gustav Forslings play this series. Honestly been best player shift after shift for Florida

What’s challenging is that Panther’s physicality is integral to things but the skills and depth are huge here..so when B’s spend first period knocking and hitting above all else..it really doesn’t leave them enough to play their focused hockey which is their best hope ..

I gotta say. While Boston was competitive this year I think we as Bruins fans can agree they overachieved. I had little faith in them against Florida(just glad they beat Toronto). Florida has too many weapons and Boston's offense just isn't there. We can talk about McAvoy's play in this series and the playoffs in general. I'm not blaming anyone I think this team just doesn't have enough to get it done this year. Swayman can have a crazy SV% but with 40 shots allowed its tough to keep pucks out every night. I think next year Boston has a chance to really retool and stay competitive. Lots of young guys in the bottom six and plenty of cheap 1 year deals expiring(JVR and Shattenkirk) I think if they can go out and get a true number 1 center they can bounce back next year. Love Coyle and Zacha but jeez oh man the face offs are brutal. Here's to next year...or maybe a blown 3-1 lead by Florida?😉

Honestly I'm less annoyed about the call more annoyed that its gonna allow the team to get away with another putrid home performance. Like is Zacha even skating out there?? But no, all the media will talk about is the refs.

I have season tickets with Ontario Reign and have been able to see Silovs in net a few times. Really cool to see him performing so well at the highest level.

Very Good Recap.

Bruins fan here. They are just getting absolutely out played. It’s embarrassingly on trend for them in the playoffs.

wouldn’t be the playoffs without some controversy but that Barkov goal was just nasty.

The goalie interference call is the same as the catch rule in the NFL. Nobody knows what it is anymore. Bruins should just not show up Tuesday and do us a favor.

Has Florida been the better team? Yes. Was that goalie interference according to the rule book? Also yes. GI is getting to the same point as catching a pass was in the NFL a few years ago, which is to say the officials don’t seem to have a clue what is and what isn’t

So will it be ullmark or swayman in game 5?

Zero shots in the last 14 minutes! Bruins have no reason to be upset by the referees if you have that pitiful performance.

Is there a Broad Street in Miami?

Was it last night that an Oiler should have had a four minute high stick and his getting nothing was also a dramatic impact on the game. Zebras are being the stars of the after game discussions. Not a good thing.

Okposo has looked great so far, even got a shift with Barky when Reinhart left. Big body, with good hands and high hockey IQ

You know how sometimes hockey fans say it's good to get outshot 42-18 bc your goalie is in the flow of the game and the other goalie can get caught napping. Yeah, well, not today boys

Bruins should just not take 6 penalties methinks

I've seen weaker goalie interefence calls. What is it with Florida and NHL officiating?

Hockey Guy, you look like a prisoner of war in that Panthers sweater.

@5:09 Monty made a great point after the game that it wasn't just that Swayman could not move because Coyle was shoved into him, it was also that the cross check on Coyle took him out of the play as well. He certainly could've played that puck, kicked it, blocked Bennett's stick, tipped it, gotten his body in the way, boxed out Bennett. That's also not taking into account if Bennett would've shot it differently if Swayman was coming back or he had to work around Coyle's defense. He wouldn't be the first player to whiff on an easy goal if there was pressure on his shot attempt. And from there Swayman could've gotten bailed out or make a desperation save. So it's not fair to say that Swayman had no chance and that's why it's not goaltender interference. Swayman didn't have a chance because of the hit on Coyle into him. Looking at how wide open Bennett's shot was is directly because of what he did, not the other way around. It's a crazy call from the league to basically say that as soon as that puck went towards Bennett he was 100% scoring it and nothing else matters from there. At that point, why don't they just call goal as soon as someone takes a shot in close at an empty net? It's always going in right?

Not Cheering for Bos but Bennett should have been suspended for his sucker punch....... why wasn't that replay shown from the near side, shown before late today??????

Interesting sidenote: Okposo assisted on a goal of the series, maybe one of the best goals of the entire play-offs. Let that sink in...

Congrats on 316k!

I'm not really a Bs fan. But I don't see how they couldn't say that goal should be disallowed. 🤔

I love the Bruins. This was a hard game to stomach. That being said, I think the B's played above their ceiling all season. The loss of Bergeron and Krejci cannot be overstated in terms of their decision-making and ESPECIALLY their face-off skills. The Bruins feel very much like they are in a transitionary period and they don't have an identity outside of Pasta, Swayman, and McAvoy. They can't decide if they're physical or finesse, can't decide if they're offense or defense. They play well enough together, but the team doesn't feel as tight as it did in previous campaigns. While I think this was a winnable game, I didn't go into this series thinking they had a chance.

Despite the fact I need the panthers to win for my bracket, I cannot believe they allowed that to be a goal

Idk if I'd say there were missed calls or just ignored calls.

That was a Bruins 2023 special right there, without the heartbreaking overtime goal. B's started chirping and took their foot off the gas late in the 1st. They deserved to let this one get away.

Might be able to finish the Eastern conference final before WCF even starts

Bennet didn't have to push hard to interfere as the defenseman was facing the direction of the push. They are on ice after all...not astroturf.

If only the Bruins had as much passion as their fans. Turnovers, soft back checks, poor zone coverage, and no urgency to shoot. Maybe they can schedule a golf match against the leafs for next week?

Is Florida going to do to Boston what Vegas did to Florida last year and score like 9 goals?

I just don’t understand how it’s goalie interference on Lauko in game 3 but not Bennett in game 4.

Colin Campbell, who was literally caught complaining in emails internally about officiating in games his son played and was NEVER FIRED NOR DISCIPLINED/INVESTIGATED, is still a league executive. His son works for the Florida Panthers. Those calls were never going Boston's way. I say that as someone who hates Boston.

Barkov gwg was just beautiful

Great Vid! Thanks!

Not that I claim to know what "goalie interference" is, because I believe there is a big dartboard in Toronto, but this is what I saw: Coyle standing in the blue, looking for the puck when Bennett cross-checked him. Coyle was facing away from the play (puck was behind him), and he was between the puck and the goalie while standing up. To me, it doesn't matter if he fell into the goalie, because he was already impeding him while standing. To someone who doesn't care who wins, the failure to overturn the goal call on the ice made a lot of sense to me, which makes it unique amongst NHL goalie interference challenges.

Bottoms up!

I thought it was no goal - Sincerely, a Habs fan

I agree that swayman (arguably) can’t make that save on a wide open shot. The issue I have is that it’s only that wide open because Coyle isn’t standing there. He isn’t standing there due to a cross check/shove with the stick to his back from Bennett. Which 1) makes swayman totally unable to get over 2) makes Bennett have a wide open chance

Great honest commentary. Thank you so much and a terrific breakdown of the game. Also, you could have mentioned that the crowd was yelling to Boston to shoot the Puck 😂

Not a bruins fan but I gotta ask, what is a cross check? It's gotta be the most inconsistently called penalty in sports because it seems to me like there's no rime or reason why some cross checks are penalties and some aren't. I can't help but think of Vancouver at Nashville game 6 where players were allowed to all game and then Lindholm got called for it right near the end of the game. Sure he cross checked the guy but, as someone who doesn't watch a ton of hockey outside of playoff time, it seems like they only call it when it would make the game more "interesting".

I give up on the Bruins… I hope this team goes into rebuild mode this offseason, and maybe they’ll give me something to cheer about again next season…

Lol, Ref is told "he sucks".

We can say what we want about the gi, but the fact that Lauko got a penalty for being drove into Bobrovsky last game proves this exact play is GI. The league got it wrong and the worst part is they wont have to answer for why

Maybe we should move the review center out of Toronto and to a city without a team like Quebec.

Swayman is having a great series. Double almost triple the workload of Bob. I have watched the Panthers for years and this shot suppression is insane. I am frustrated for the other teams because my teams have been on the other side of this many times. As far as calls go, I give up on all calls. Just depends on how the refs or Toronto feel any given night.

Florida is the better team, but I have no idea how Bennett's goal can't be called interference (and I'm not a Bruin's fan).

LMAO Bruins finally getting a taste of their own medicine. That goal was 100% good. Swayman had no chance to stop that puck and the contact was as incidental as any Marchand's slew foots that never get called. Sucks to suck, Bruins.

On tonight's episode of "Novody Knows What Goaltender Interference Is or Isn't" I just remember in Tampa's 2020(?) series against the Islanders, Kucherov was cross checked into crashing the netminder and was given a penalty for goaltender interference. So apparently the offensive player can do the same and push a defender into the goalie, and it's "not enough contact" as deemed by Toronto.

You are so fast at analysis it is ridiculous.

As a Panthers fan I was really surprised at the call. The refs didn’t keep Boston to only 18 SOG though, and hopefully I don’t think it changes anything in the bigger picture. But yeah, kinda crazy.

Bruins are making Bob look like prime Carry Price or Vasi. Just shoot the puck

What were the bruins doing tonight jeez man

I thought of a team challenged and lost, they lost their time out (and the delay of game penalty)

Officiating has been hot garbage for every series, how are these refs the best the league has??

3 scariest words in Hockey LET THEM GO Pass the SALT

Say it with me boys! Straight from the official NHL rulebook: If a defending player (Coyle) has been pushed, shoved, or fouled by an attacking player (Bennett) so as to cause the defending player (Coyle) to come into contact with his own goalkeeper(Swayman), such contact shall be deemed contact initiated by the attacking player(Bennett) for purposes of this rule, and if necessary a penalty assessed to the attacking player (Bennet) and if a goal is scored it would be disallowed. Not only does a player who should be suspended score the goal, the goal should've been wiped and boston to the powerplay. If we're going to have rules, enforce them. Swayman post game interview said it the best. "The fact is Coyle was pushed into me and I couldn't play my position"

Can anyone show me the amount of PPs for each team this series?

Somebody posted a paragraph from the rulebook that says that goal should been disallowed and a cross checking penalty called.

there's certain fanbases in the league, or in particular, certain home town crowds in the league, that actually think they get to call the game, and thats part of the problem with these "blown calls"

I understand that the Bruins are pissed by the tying goal but you don’t just cave in and give them momentum.

Thats what they've been saying on that call. I agree it was controversial. It was 1. The offensive player didn't initiate contact and 2. the goaltender wasn't actually going to make the save in their opinion

At what point is the league going to be held accountable for consistently making egregious incorrect calls that directly alter games? At this point all of us fans are losing. The product isn’t good enough

Brutal officiating tonight

Where would Boston be without Swayman? Ullmark couldn't put up those numbers in the playoffs.

It was pretty obvious by about game 5 or 6 of the last series that it didn't matter who won, Florida was going to overwhelm Boston or Toronto. Maybe Carolina will actually give them a challenge.

I’m still waiting for Charlie McAvoy to do something other than help the other team score goals in the playoffs.

Bruce Cassidy just called marchand in the children's hospital because adult hospital doesn't take whiny short people...he asked, do you miss me yet?

Sam Bennett will never be "Ulf Samuelsson levels".

Correction, it's actually Toronto, not the on-ice ref, who makes the call on goaltender interference

Clearly Boston fans didn’t see the panthers vs bolts series.

Bruins 100% got outplayed and Florida is/was the better team, but I was very surprised that goal was not taken back… word-for-word as written in the rule book. This is the series the league was to keep an eye on? Lol. It’s too bad bc it should be about the players and not a critical call/non call.

I'm just here as a Sabres fan, with my tea cup, looking for Bruins tears 😂

I thought that was goalie interference on the FLA power play goal.

I don't watch the Bruins as much as I used to, but in both playoff series they have not seemed to have the same ability to impose their will physically that previous Bruins teams have had. They are definitely being out-muscled and worn down in this series. You're not going to win going 14 minutes at a stretch without a shot on net, you're just not.

While I agree that goal was going in and swaymen wasn’t saving it, by the rules it should have been GI and I say this as someone rooting for the Cats

Bennett cross checked Coyle into Swayman, so neither couod stop the puck going in, toss a coin a pick the missed penalty, not the first time this series the refs miss calls. Bruins need to play better.

Once again, Shannon demonstrates great takes and knowledge.

The Florida Power play goal was huge, yet not the reason to losing the game. The Bruins just won't put shots on goal, even pushing the puck deep and make the Panthers work out of their own end. They let the Panthers create turn overs and even takeaways, that was the main reason the Bruins were pinned in their own zone and playing not to lose and catch up. this game reminded me a lot of Game 7 against the Flyers when they came back from 0-3 in the series and down 3-0 in the game. You could sense that the Flyers weren't out of it and slowly kept creeping back into the game until they won it.

Let's not forget that Flordia was in the same position last year. No garentees in playoff hockey. Shots don't mean anything, the Bruins haven't been a high shooting team all year. Quality over quantity. As you said, Boston had 5 shots and 2 goals after the first period. I thought Flordia was average up until the Bennett goal. That took the wind out of the Bruins sails. We will never know the outcome of that game. Refs missed the cross check, and Toronto 🤔 generous said no goaltender interference. We all knew it was going to be a scrap, but right now it feels like the B's are playing two teams, Panthers (who are already a tough team) and the refs.