Just a horrid analogy - this is a sporting event for gawds sake man. It’s simple, see NHL rule 59.3 and section 59 in general. Refs blew the call, period. Vegas blew the penalty kill, period. If refs do their job properly, Sharks never get that PP, but if Vegas, namely Gallant and Fluery did their jobs, they’d be…

I’m only a peripheral hockey fan but let’s not forget that on top of the four goals they also had a 3-1 lead in the series

With all due respect I don’t see what one has to do with the other. Yes, Vegas choked the lead, and their arguments that the call single handedly cost them the series is laughable. It is also true that these refs made a monumentally stupid call on a massive stage that embarrassed the league. They are being sidelined…

Yep, both things can absolutely be true. It was only the second time in NHL playoff history a team had given up four goals on a five minute major, so regardless of how bad the call was (and it should have been a minor at worst), Vegas falling apart and losing is all on them. 

Right. I also think it was a bad call. But Vegas’s bitching here is also a real bad look.

“this is the beginning of a hockey world where a coach can challenge anything he wants.”