NHL playoffs 2017: Canadiens score first-period goal with 14 guys on ice

Dave DeLuca

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The Montreal Canadiens had too many men on the ice when Torrey Mitchell scored a beautiful first-period goal in Game 4 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series Tuesday against the New York Rangers. The referees missed the infraction.

Rangers fans were livid about the no-call, until a video replay showed that New York had too many men on the ice, as well.

That's a whole lot of guys on the ice.

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It's uncommon for NHL referees to miss a too-many-men call, but two on the same play? That's not something you see every day.

Still, it was a pretty give-and-go between Shea Weber and Mitchell, plus a nifty no-look pass by Alex Radulov to set it up.

Dave DeLuca

Dave DeLuca is an intern at Sporting News and a recent graduate of Buffalo State. He's a former intern and digital editor at The Buffalo News and executive editor of The Record, Buffalo State's student-run newspaper.