Controversial goal helps Stars to critical win over Jets in Stanley Cup playoffs

The Dallas Stars took a 2-1 bid pb implicit the Winnipeg Jets successful the Stanley Cup Playoffs connected Sunday nighttime aft a arguable extremity gave them a precocious pb successful Game 3.

Alexander Petrovic scored with 16:09 near successful the game. However, the extremity was not an casual 1 to call. NHL officials initiated a video reappraisal and watched the sequences for much than 5 minutes to find whether Petrovic kicked the puck into the net.

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Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, #37, Alex Iafallo, #9, and Morgan Barron, #36, speech with linesman Jesse Marquis, #86, arsenic the Dallas Stars observe a extremity scored by Alexander Petrovic successful the 3rd play of Game 3 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff bid successful Dallas connected Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Eventually, the officials determined Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck propelled the puck into his ain net. The extremity gave Dallas a 3-2 pb astatine the time. The Stars won the game, 5-2.

Jets manager Scott Arniel took contented with the officials’ mentation of the regularisation that allowed Petrovic.

"The regularisation states that if the puck gets kicked, if it hits a assemblage oregon a instrumentality of anybody other different than the goaltender, it counts arsenic a goal. It deed our goaltender’s instrumentality and went successful the net. That is nary goal," Arniel said. "So they said that Helly propelled the puck in, and I haven’t seen the connection propelled successful the rulebook."

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, #37, lays by the nett arsenic Dallas Stars' Sam Steel, #18, and the remainder of the enactment observe a extremity scored by Alexander Petrovic, successful heap against the boards, successful the 3rd play of Game 3 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff bid successful Dallas connected Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Stars manager Peter DeBoer said helium was gladsome officials took the clip to reappraisal the play to "get it right."

The puck initially came disconnected of a Mikko Rantanen shot. It ricocheted disconnected Hellebuyck to his close and past disconnected of Petrovic’s involvement and backmost toward the net. 

"I saw him benignant of footwear it, but I didn’t spot a replay of it. ... I thought it was 50-50 probably, but convey God they called it a goal," Rantanen said.

Petrovic, who scored successful the playoffs for the archetypal clip successful 9 years, called it a "lucky goal."

NHL fans were not enthused and expressed it arsenic overmuch connected X.

Rantanen scored 49 seconds aft play resumed.

Winnipeg Jets caput manager Scott Arniel, left, talks with referee Chris Rooney, #5, successful the 3rd play of Game 3 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff bid against the Dallas Stars successful Dallas connected Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Game 4 is acceptable for Tuesday successful Dallas.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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