The NHL's controversial Anaheim call looks much different from this new angle
Ryan Poehling gave Joel Quenneville and the Ducks a series jolt, and the overtime review that stunned Edmonton now looks even stronger.
What looked like another playoff mess in Anaheim has started to swing the other way.
The more angles people studied, the tougher it became to argue the NHL blew the call.
The whole storm came from one moment in sudden-death overtime.
Poehling jammed the puck toward the line at 2:29, and the officials ruled it a good goal on the ice.
That decision sent Oilers fans into a frenzy for one reason.
There was no official planted behind the net with a clean sightline when the puck slid into traffic around Tristan Jarry.
That's what made the ruling feel shaky in real time.
From the first replay, the puck looked trapped in skates, pads, and bodies, leaving just enough doubt to spark a full debate.
But the fresh breakdown changed the tone. A wider angle and a closer frame-by-frame look pointed to the puck crossing before Jarry's skate fully sealed the post.
The replay debate flipped fast in Oilers vs. Ducks review controversy
Once that angle surfaced, the complaint stopped being about where the referee stood and shifted toward what the video actually showed. That's a big difference in a playoff game.
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The issue was never whether Edmonton hated the call.
Of course they did. The real question was whether the league had enough to support the ruling that was made in live action.
And that matters. If the call on the ice had been no goal, this probably stays murky.
With a goal signaled first, the review only needed support, not a total guess.
That's why the reaction around this play felt louder than the evidence behind it.
Fans saw confusion from the officials and assumed the decision was built on uncertainty alone.
Instead, the later look gave the call more structure.
It didn't make the finish pretty, and it didn't erase the chaos around the crease, but it did make the ruling easier to defend.
For Kris Knoblauch and the Oilers, that won't soften the blow.
They're still staring at a swing moment that put real pressure on their series and handed Anaheim a massive lift.
But from a league standpoint, this wasn't replay gone off the rails.
It was ugly, emotional, and loaded with noise, yet the new angle says the NHL landed on the right side of it.
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AVRIL 27 | 532 ANSWERS The NHL's controversial Anaheim call looks much different from this new angle Did the NHL make the right call on Ryan Poehling's overtime goal ? | ||
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