As damaging as it is to the tank effort, there is no denying that this recent streak of Montreal Canadiens hockey has been very entertaining. Defeating the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night, they earned their seventh win in their last 11 games, nearly equaling their win total from the previous 45 contests.
In the process, I’d argue that they exposed a flaw in the NHL rulebook as it pertains to offside challenges.
The Oilers used two challenges to overturn goals scored by the Habs in that game. The second made the most sense of the two, as the offside in question happened immediately before Laurent Dauphin put the puck over the goal line.