Patrick Roy baffled by referees’ controversial decision on offside review

Islanders coach Patrick Roy said he wanted explanation from nan NHL connected his failed coach’s challenge successful nan first play of Tuesday’s triumph complete nan Penguins. 

Roy challenged Sidney Crosby’s extremity for offside because Noel Acciari — connected his measurement backmost to nan chair for a statement alteration — was still connected nan crystal erstwhile nan puck entered nan violative zone, which would seemingly person negated Pittsburgh’s goal.

After review, though, nan play was ruled onside, arsenic Acciari, who was successful nan process of entering nan bench, had some his skates disconnected nan crystal erstwhile nan puck entered nan zone. 

“I still judge it was offside,” Roy said aft nan 4-3 shootout win. “Where I request to understand is, if your ft is extracurricular nan bench, is this considered successful aliases not? And that’s what I request to understand from nan league. So I will backmost up my video guys and I deliberation they made nan correct telephone to make that telephone [to challenge].” 

Roy said that according to what coaches had been told astatine nan commencement of nan season, he understood nan play to beryllium offside. 

“At nan opening of nan year, they talked to america astir if your skate [is] inside, it’s a informing for excessively galore men,” Roy said. “So is your skate wrong of nan ice, is [it] adjacent play aliases not? That’s what I request to understand.” 

An Islanders spokesperson did not respond erstwhile asked whether nan squad had reached retired to nan convention regarding nan call. 

Rule 83.3, for delayed offside, states that if “an attacking subordinate successful nan attacking area elects to proceed to his players’ chair … he shall beryllium considered to person cleared nan area erstwhile some skates are disconnected nan crystal and nan Linesperson judges him to person near nan playing surface.” 

Further to that, nan business handbook fixed to officials besides says that a subordinate successful specified a business “is considered disconnected nan crystal erstwhile some skates are nary longer rubbing nan crystal and nan Linesperson has judged him to person near nan playing aboveground and entered his bench.” 

So, since Acciari was considered to person near nan playing surface, moreover if nan puck had deed him, nan play would person been blown dormant not for offside but arsenic if nan puck had gone into nan Pittsburgh bench. 

Artem Zub (concussion) and Shane Pinto (undisclosed) are some possibilities to return from wounded connected Thursday for nan Senators, coach Travis Green told media successful Ottawa.

Pinto is simply a autochthonal of Franklin Square, N.Y. 

The Islanders person won a mostly of faceoffs for a franchise-record 12 consecutive games, per squad statistician Eric Hornick. 

A starter successful extremity for Thursday’s crippled against nan Senators has not yet been announced, but Ilya Sorokin’s 3 consecutive starts people his longest starting streak since precocious February and early March of past season, erstwhile he was successful nets for six consecutive games. 

The Islanders did not clasp believe connected Wednesday earlier walking to Ottawa.