Gotta challenge it. All the players kept on playing. Critical time in the game.
Well, they did a complete line change and obviously none of those players told the coaches that they thought it didn't go in. Even Smolinski, who picked up the puck in the corner, didn't seem to have a reaction as he left the ice.
BTW, No one has pointed to the problem that caused this situation. Hotson swung toward the boards as he approached the blue line and then made a blind lateral pass just inside the zone to the defenseman at the point. Even I know the most dangerous place to make a pass in traffic is just inside the blue line. It was just the kind of careless pass we seem to make but more disciplined teams like Q never do. I think failure to enforce such discipline is a bigger problem than not challenging a missed call that the players on the ice didn't see either.
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