The officiating was absolutely putrid for the Montreal Canadiens’ game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, but they can’t blame the refs for their loss, as much as I personally may like to. They started out flat, Carey Price did not have his best first period, but their abysmal special teams is what really killed them.
I say special teams because it is fair to include the penalty kill as a problem on this night. Jeff Petry was called for what was absolutely not a penalty, which gave the Penguins their second goal, but they offered very little resistance to the ensuing, albeit undeserved, power play.