Officials’ missed call on Lane Hutson sparks outrage after Tage Thompson’s Sabres goal vs. Canadiens
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On Thursday night in Buffalo, a Tage Thompson goal left Montreal furious.
At the Bell Centre, Buffalo ultimately had the last word with a 5-3 win over the Canadiens. The final nail in the coffin-an empty-net goal-nevertheless triggered a storm on social media.
Several fans did not even talk about the shot itself, but rather about what happened just before it. And when something starts looping endlessly on X, frustration escalates quickly.
At the heart of the sequence, a Sabres player can be seen keeping a hand on Lane Hutson’s stick. In many people’s minds, that is an automatic penalty. Full stop.
The worst part is that the sequence still leads to a goal, with no reversal.
Lane Hutson becomes the face of the controversy
You can see on the replay that it is fairly obvious. Hutson himself ends up at the center of the discussion, even though he is not the one who scores.
“No penalty on Hutson and the goal counts!?!?”
From a numbers standpoint, he is already up to 47 points this season, a total that places him at the top of the rankings among defensemen.
In the same breath, the power play comes back into the conversation. After a few recent adjustments, Hutson has been seen again on the first unit, alongside Ivan Demidov.
The message circulating is simple: when things heat up, Martin St-Louis’ decisions are scrutinized under a microscope. On a night when every decision counts, it becomes a never-ending debate.
And while people debate a goal that was allowed, the goaltending situation continues to cause friction. Jakub Dobes has 13 wins in 21 games, with a 13-5-3 record, and that inevitably fuels internal comparisons. When Jacob Fowler gets a start, the discussion flares up all over again. In Montreal, one thing is certain: it is never just one goal.
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