NHL general managers focus on goaltender interference and other coach's challenges

Stephen Whyno · The Associated Press

· Posted: Mar 17, 2025 4:34 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Video review, peculiarly coach's challenges for goaltender interference, took centre stage Monday astatine the NHL wide managers' yearly outpouring gathering successful Manalapan, Fla.

GMs were shown astir 70 clips of goals challenged this play for interference, offside oregon a missed stoppage, specified arsenic the puck hitting the protective netting, a manus walk oregon a precocious stick. The purpose was to explicate what the league standards are for goalie interference and to amended each 32 organizations connected however the process works.

That is due to the fact that goalie interference challenges are astatine their highest constituent successful the six seasons the existent strategy has been successful place: 105 done 1,048 games, with 60 of the calls successfully overturned, besides the largest percent since 2019-20.

With a period near successful the regular play earlier the playoffs statesman and races for the last fewer spots expected to spell down to the wire, each aspects of video reappraisal are nether the microscope.