To start the seemingly pivotal stretch, Andrei Vasilevskiy made an outstanding save on Evgeni Malkin on what sure looked like a scary chance.
The play swiftly shifted from the Tampa Bay Lightning’s end to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ side of the ice, and it seemed like Jonathan Drouin scored a big 1-0 goal in Game 6.
As it turns out, the goal was disallowed thanks to an offside goal review.
Here are a few viewpoints on that moment in GIF form ... you can get a fuller view via the video above.
Here's a closer look at that offside call. #AwesomeSauce pic.twitter.com/liaB3QJrxb
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) May 25, 2016
ICYMI: Goal. Challenge. No Goal.#StanleyCup https://t.co/XFWNbObIME
— NBC Sports Bet (@NBCSportsBet) May 25, 2016
The general feeling among those who don’t have a horse in the race is that it was the right call. (Lightning fans were, uh, not happy.)
Drouin is the guilty party on the offside. We're talking fractions and frames of a second, but skate is in the air and entering foot offside
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) May 25, 2016
Official word from the league is that Drouin was the Tampa Bay player offside on the disallowed goal.
— Dave Molinari (@MolinariPGH) May 25, 2016