NHL Forced To Accept Defeat And Change Rules After Disaster In Seattle
With so much that goes into the production of an NHL game, there's bound to be things going wrong every now and then, and on Saturday night, we saw something that's perhaps never been seen before.
An intriguing rule change
During the matchup between the Seattle Kraken and New York Rangers, the lights on the Rangers side of the ice was a lot darker than the other, something that could perhaps give either team a major advantage.
In order to circumvent this issue, the referees made a decision, that instead of changing after every period, the teams would swap sides every 10 minutes.
A thrilling matchup
This lighting issue seemed to benefit some players more than others, as Artemi Panarin joked that he loved it due to the issues it presented the goaltenders, as he netted two on the night.
Either way, it ended up being a thrilling matchup with plenty of feeling and some amazing hockey, but this is definitely a situation the NHL will hope to avoid in the future.
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| POLL | ||
OCTOBRE 22 | 195 ANSWERS NHL Forced To Accept Defeat And Change Rules After Disaster In Seattle Who will go further in 2023-24? | ||
| Seattle | 89 | 45.6 % |
| New York | 106 | 54.4 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Cam Atkinson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jesper Bratt | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Simon Holmstom | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sean Monahan | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jack Roslovic | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mitchell Chaffee | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jalen Chatfield | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Victor Hedman | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Hughes | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikita Kucherov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Scott Mayfield | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Dmitry Orlov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ondrej Palat | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Damon Severson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Shea Theodore | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 19 | 16 | 3 | - | 32 | |
Hurricanes | 18 | 14 | 4 | - | 28 | |
Capitals | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 27 | |
Wild | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Devils | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
Stars | 18 | 12 | 6 | - | 24 | |
Golden Knights | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 24 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||