Why NHL disallowed Filip Forsberg's game-tying goal in Predators' loss to Panthers

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Here is how the NHL’s hockey operations department, known as the “situation room,” determined Predators forward Filip Forsberg’s goal against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday to be illegal: Rule 69.1 states that goals should be disallowed if “an attacking player initiates intentional or deliberate contact with a goalkeeper, inside or outside of his goal.” PREDATORS GOAL CALLED OFF: Carrie Underwood ‘livid’ with NHL after Predators game In reviewing the play, the Toronto-based situation room concluded that “the deliberate action of (Predators forward Viktor) Arvidsson’s stick caused (Panthers goaltender Roberto) Luongo to spin and cause the covered puck to come loose prior to the goal.” Because

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