Patrick Roy livid after controversial offside review goes against Islanders

Patrick Roy is known to deterioration his emotions connected his sleeve, and he showed that again during nan Islanders’ crippled against nan Penguins connected Tuesday erstwhile nan referees declared a questionable extremity telephone to stand. 

The Islanders caput coach had challenged a extremity by Sidney Crosby successful nan 2nd play aft it looked arsenic though nan play was offside. 

A replay of nan series seemed to show a Penguins subordinate still connected nan crystal and offside arsenic Pittsburgh entered nan zone. 

But contempt nan video evidence, nan telephone connected nan crystal stood, and Roy became infuriated connected nan bench arsenic squad skipper Anders Lee was fixed an explanation. 

Roy looked up astatine nan UBS Arena video committee astatine halfway crystal and watched successful astonishment arsenic nan replay seemed to corroborate what he had thought successful spite of nan charismatic call. 

The Isles chair leader gestured to nan video committee and screamed successful frustration, getting angrier and angrier arsenic he continued to yell. 

Patrick Roy was livid aft nan telephone by officials.

Roy yet seemed to settee down aft a infinitesimal and nan crippled continued pinch nan Islanders trailing by one. 

The Islanders managed to get 1 extremity backmost earlier nan extremity of nan mediate framework connected Tuesday night, acknowledgment to Kyle Palmieri’s tally astatine nan 12:21 people of nan 2nd period. 

Evgeni Malkin put nan Penguins backmost successful beforehand conscionable complete a infinitesimal aft nan Isles’ tying goal. 

Down 3-1, nan Islanders tied things up halfway done nan 3rd period.

Replays appeared to show nan telephone was apt incorrect and went against nan Islanders.

The Isles were trying to stave disconnected dropping their 2nd consecutive crippled aft falling to nan Rangers connected Sunday afternoon astatine Madison Square Garden. The ended up pulling retired nan win, 4-3 successful overtime.

The Islanders person gotten disconnected to a reliable commencement for nan 2024-25 play acknowledgment successful portion to a number of injuries to cardinal players, including putting Mat Barzal connected injured reserve. 

After Tuesday’s game, nan Isles will play six of their adjacent 7 games connected nan road.