Florida Panthers Accuse Leafs Of Colluding With NHL After Controversial End Of Game

The last shooter to go in the shootout seemed to be Panthers forward Evan Rodrigues. He appeared to beat Woll five-hole in a move that would have ended the game with a Panthers victory. However, the on-ice officials received a call from the situation room in Toronto to review the play. Upon review, it was determined that Rodrigues had double tapped the puck which is an illegal move in the shootout. As a result, the game continued.

Even Woll did not realize what had happened until after he what already made his way to the locker room. As a result, he had to rush back out to face another shooter.

Sheldon Keefe made an interesting move after all the chaos died down. The Leafs were next to go in the shootout and he sent over offseason acquisition and 4th liner Noah Gregor to take a shot. Notably, Gregor scored the Leaf's only goal prior to the shootout.

Keefe rewarded the 25-year-old with his first career NHL shootout attempt with the Leafs and it paid dividends as the speedy center ripped it just under the crossbar.

Woll would go on to stop the next shooter, securing one of the most bizarre victories for the Leafs.

Of course, the Panthers were not to happy with the way the game ended. Several players were seen cursing their luck and Toronto all at the same time. Head coach Paul Maurice was caught using some sentence enhancers to indicate how he felt about the call right after the game ended for real.

Maurice's players were no less happy about the situation either.

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