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Everyone watching at home could see that the Canadiens forward first knocked the shot from the point down with a stick well above his head, then, before the puck even hit the ice, flicked it out of the air at knee height and into the net.

A puck contacted with a high stick is whistled dead unless the next player to touch it is from the opposition. Gallagher essentially played the puck to himself.

But because it wasn’t knocked directly into the net by the high stick, the goal wasn’t reviewable, even though it was, in basketball terms, a “continuation” play.

It could have been overturned by the officials on the ice, without looking at a replay, if any of them had seen the high stick, but evidently four sets of eyes missed it.

So, tough luck, Senators.

And tougher luck still on the Pageau non-goal, a slap shot from the point by Mark Borowiecki that Montreal goalie Carey Price never did manage to squeeze. The puck spilled onto the ice beside him, where Pageau swept it into the net a split-second after Chris Lee, positioned in the corner, his view obscured by Price’s body, blew the whistle.

A premature whistle also is not reviewable, unless the puck was already on its way into the net. If a second shooter had to help it in after the whistle sounded, no dice.

Presumably, the team surrendering the goal would argue that its defenders stopped playing when they heard the whistle, but in this case, no one stopped. Pageau scored as he was being cross-checked from behind by defenceman Jeff Petry.