Sutter Has Some Doubts

San Jose Shark center Ron Sutter felt victimized by video replay Monday at the Arrowhead Pond.

Predictably, the Ducks were pleased after Sutter’s apparent game-tying goal at 16:30 of the second period was nullified.

San Jose’s Bob Rouse shot the puck from the top of the right faceoff circle, Sutter then appeared to boot the rebound beneath Duck goalie Guy Hebert and into the net.

The goal would have tied the score, 4-4.

“If there’s doubt and you’re not sure, it should be a goal,” Sutter said. “I did not, honestly, even think I touched the puck. I hit it with the shaft of my stick. It went in off my stick and off me, but there clearly was not any intent to kick it in at all.”

The NHL modified the rules governing attacking players in a crease this season, no longer automatically waving off goals under those circumstances. However, video replay is still used for determining if goals are scored with a deliberate kicking motion.