Scoring from behind own icing line

seven · 10-15-2017, 07:21 PM

Here is a stats summary from a completed game in which a Minnesota player apparently scored a goal by shooting all the way from behind his own icing line. That does not seem plausible in the NHL. It happened near the middle of the period and there is no indication that the opponent's net was empty. Could this just be a very rare fluke, or might there be a glitch in the match engine?

JeffR · 10-15-2017, 08:48 PM

There's an extremely small chance of a very long shot going in, but in this case I'm wondering if it's not an issue with the shot marker being misplaced or being a step behind (an end-to-end breakaway that started there, for example.) We'll check it.

10-15-2017, 07:21 PM	#1
seven All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Victoria, Canada Posts: 653	Scoring from behind own icing line Here is a stats summary from a completed game in which a Minnesota player apparently scored a goal by shooting all the way from behind his own icing line. That does not seem plausible in the NHL. It happened near the middle of the period and there is no indication that the opponent's net was empty. Could this just be a very rare fluke, or might there be a glitch in the match engine? Attached Images

10-15-2017, 08:48 PM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,434	There's an extremely small chance of a very long shot going in, but in this case I'm wondering if it's not an issue with the shot marker being misplaced or being a step behind (an end-to-end breakaway that started there, for example.) We'll check it.