Dan Bylsma, head coach of the Buffalo Sabres during a game against the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center on January 26, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. (Getty Images) The Buffalo Sabres found themselves on the losing end of three video reviews Thursday in a 4-3 loss to the Dallas Stars.
Two of the reviews negated potential third period game-tying tallies for Buffalo, which had the Sabres fuming after the game.
“You know you got goals by the goalie and across the goal line, but you come up empty,” coach Dan Bylsma said according to the Buffalo News. “It looked like we were going to have opportunities to tie that game up, and by hook or crook it doesn’t get in the back of the net.”
With 8:54 left in the final frame and the Stars up 4-3, Sabres forward Sam Reinhart spun and fired a backhanded on Dallas goaltender Kari Lehtonen. After the shot, both Reinhart and Buffalo forward Jack Eichel pointed at the net in belief the puck had gone in.

A review started and took several minutes, which reportedly outlasted an in-arena song.*Fans also made fun of the length of the review by turning on their cell phone flashlights like they were at a rock concert.
Screen shot Referee Justin St. Pierre delivered the news that the video was “inconclusive” and the play was not a goal.
Said the NHL in a release, “At 11:06 of the third period of the Sabres/Stars game, video review was inconclusive in determining if*Sam Reinhart’s shot completely crossed the Dallas goal line. Therefore the referee’s call on the ice stands – no goal Buffalo.”
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The Sabres believed this wasn’t the case and that the shot should have counted as a goal.
“The puck was in the net,” Eichel said according to the Buffalo News. “I mean, usually the puck goes in the net it’s a goal. It’s kind of weird how that didn’t happen.
“The ref sees it in the net. I saw it go in the net as well. Then on the last one, that one might even be more conclusive. The puck clearly crosses the red. That’s two goals along with a lot of other things that happened during the game. It’s tough to put the outcome of something into the referees’ hands, but once again I think we get the short end of the stick there.
“Pucks go in the net and they don’t really have an explanation on it. It’s pretty frustrating.”
With 11 seconds left, the Sabres thought they scored again after Ryan O’Reilly took a shot and the puck ended up on Lehtonen’s pant leg, which was inside the net. But another review, which came after the final buzzer sounded, determined the puck didn’t fully cross the goal line.
Great look at the potential game-tying goal for Buffalo. Determined the puck didn't completely cross the line. pic.twitter.com/FUhdUE6hIV
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) January 27, 2017
Said the NHL, “Video review confirmed that the puck did not completely cross the Dallas goal line. No goal Buffalo.”
The Sabres, again, thought they had tied up the game.
“The puck goes through Zach Bogosian and, um, into the net,” Bylsma said. “The view is not super clear in terms of definitively saying where the puck ends up. It sits on the side of his pants, and at least on the view it’s on the right side of the crossbar. The answer is they don’t definitively know that it crossed the whole goal line, and I think we all can see it past the crossbar.”
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Earlier,*a goal at the 0:42 mark of the second period by Stars forward Jamie Benn, which tied the game at 2-2, was challenged by the Sabres for being offside.

That play remained a goal because the “review was not conclusive in determining whether Dallas was offside prior to the goal.”
The loss broke a three-game winning streak for the Sabres.
“We didn’t play for 60 and they got a couple goals,” Eichel said. “It’s just unfortunate that you have a chance to go into the break with four straight wins and we think we played a good game and get no points out of it.”
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