Blue Jackets score controversial first-period goal vs. Bruins in Game 4

The Blue Jackets scored a controversial goal in Game 4, and it was reminiscent of another Blue Jackets-Bruins moment from five years ago.

Artemi Panarin got Columbus on the board in the first period, but the goal was scored after the puck went out of play. Take a look below. . .

Netting to see here, refs... 🤦‍♂️#BOSvsCBJ pic.twitter.com/o222v3thtR
— Hockey Night in Canada (@hockeynight) May 3, 2019

As expected, the no-call prompted some confused reactions:

Wow, that's embarrassing. What's the point of replay if you can't review goals like that?
— Nicholas W. Goss (@NickGossNBCSB) May 3, 2019

How is it possible that you can review offsides like a minute before a goal that has no effect on the play, but you can't review a puck clearly going out of play?
— Scott McLaughlin (@smclaughlin9) May 3, 2019

Wait...of the 567,543 things reviewable in sports..the puck literally going out of the play right before a goal is not one of them??
— Mike Dyer (@Mike_Dyer13) May 3, 2019

It's astounding to me that you can challenge an off-side play that has nothing directly to do with a goal scored, but you can't review a puck going into the net and out of play directly preceding Panarin's goal.
— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) May 3, 2019

Coincidentally, this same situation happened during a Blue Jackets-B's matchup back in 2014.

Ironically this happened to the Bruins in Columbus back in 2014 https://t.co/7jS1t8ZNsN
— Nicholas W. Goss (@NickGossNBCSB) May 3, 2019

The NHL explained the reasoning for the non-call with a tweet from NHL PR during the game:

Rule explanation of @9Artemi’s goal at 8:46 of the first period in the @NHLBruins/@BlueJacketsNHL game. #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/vsBsORANh1
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) May 3, 2019

Fortunately for the B's, that would end up being the only Columbus goal in the period, which ended with Boston up 2-1.

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