By Shayna Goldman (The Athletic)
There are pivotal moments in each phase of a coach’s challenge. The initial goal swings momentum to the scorer. The challenge has a clear winner and a closer. The potential delay of game penalty as a consequence of each lost review can end in a power-play goal, only adding insult to injury to the team that lost each step of the way in this process.
That is why the decision on whether to challenge a play, or not, carries so much weight — especially in the postseason.
That weight may have been a factor in the Oilers’ decision not to challenge Gabriel Landeskog’s score that pulled Colorado within one.
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