"The tally would have narrowed the Detroit Red Wings' lead to 4-3, but official Francis Charron immediately waved the goal off for goaltender interference. As Matt Roy gathered in a puck and found Chychrun wide open on the left side, Aliaksei Protas got bumped deep into the crease by Red Wings defenseman Ben Chiarot, causing the Belarusian forward to lose his balance and grab onto the crossbar to stay upright."
""I get pushed on that," Protas said postgame. "There wasn't a reason for me to go through the goalie. I tried to go around. Maybe I touched the crease, but I wouldn't go through the goalie, you know? The reason I get pushed in and the goalie gets involved. I don't know. He gets involved. He also pushing me, instead of kind of (going) back to the position.""
Jakob Chychrun appeared to score his 15th goal with 10:19 remaining, which would have cut Detroit's lead to 4-3, but officials waved it off for goaltender interference. Matt Roy found Chychrun while Aliaksei Protas was bumped into the crease by Ben Chiarot, causing Protas to lose balance and grab the crossbar. John Gibson then left the net open as he engaged with Protas, allowing Chychrun to shoot into the empty goal. Capitals coach Spencer Carbery challenged under Rule 38 citing a pushed attacking player exception, but the on-ice ruling was upheld and the challenge was unsuccessful.
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