Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen reports that the NHL chose to take away one of Jeff Petry’s goals in the team’s 4-2 victory over Toronto this past weekend, awarding the first goal of the game to Michael Rasmussen instead:
Detroit Red Wings defenseman Jeff Petry went to bed Saturday with nine career multiple-goal NHL games and sometime Sunday the league decided he only had eight.
The league made an official scoring change Sunday, giving Michael Rasmussen credit for a tip-in on Petry’s shot. Petry is now credited with an assist. Joe Veleno also had an assist.
Detroit Red Wings defenseman Jeff Petry went to bed Saturday with nine career multiple-goal NHL games and sometime Sunday the league decided he only had eight.
The league made an official scoring change Sunday, giving Michael Rasmussen credit for a tip-in on Petry’s shot. Petry is now credited with an assist. Joe Veleno also had an assist.
When the goal was scored, Rasmussen was shown on replays celebrating like he touched the puck on its flight to the net. But there wasn’t clear evidence of that on the replay seen in the press box. The NHL must have had other views of it. Petry had not scored this season before Saturday.
It is hard to see a tip on this replay:
Jeff Petry – Detroit Red Wings (1) pic.twitter.com/RWkOAoIExC
— NHL Goal Videos (@NHLGoalVideos) December 15, 2024
Petry will tell you that it doesn’t matter to him who actually scored the goal, but guys do take points of pride from their successes.
