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It was midway through the first period at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night.

The Canadiens, attempting to bounce back from a horrendous showing in Washington the night before, had two goals disallowed in as many minutes. Initially, it appeared the first goal should have been waved off, while the second one was good.

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But an angle that emerged later in the evening showed while Andrew Shaw clearly kicked the puck on the first goal, the puck was then clearly redirected by Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist into his own net. Good goal, as anyone working with state-of-the-art technology in the Toronto war room should have seen.

The next goal was even clearer. Max Pacioretty was pushed into Lundqvist by former Canadiens prospect Ryan McDonagh. No doubt about it, or was there any doubt the puck was going in whether Pacioretty contacted the goaltender or not.

Rangers coach Alain Vigneault had a look at the replay and decided to challenge. Then the Toronto War Room went to work.