Despite coming into Wednesday night’s game on a 13-game winning streak, New Jersey Devils fans were not happy with the proceedings that followed.
The Toronto Maple Leafs snapped the Devils winning streak with a 2-1 win ahead of the Thanksgiving break. But if you ask the home fans, New Jersey should have won 4-2. Why? Because the Devils had three disallowed goals over the course of their 60 minute contest against the Maple Leafs, something quite unheard of for a NHL game.
In the first period, Jonas Siegenthaler had a goal called back due to goaltender interference. In the second period, another goal was called back after more goaltender shenanigans with Matt Murray in net for the Maple Leafs. And finally, Erik Haula’s goal was taken back in the third period due to an intentional kicking motion, causing Devils fans frustrations to boil over.
After Haula’s goal was called back, Devils fans began throwing debris onto the ice to showcase their anger that their team was down 2-0 instead of up 3-2.
The Devils fans are NOT happy after the disallowed goal 👀
The Maple Leafs have headed to the locker room after fans littered the ice with items pic.twitter.com/MQXPxKx4X5
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) November 24, 2022
Look, I get being annoyed as a fan, but throwing things onto the ice is not the way to go about showcasing your frustration. While an aggravating situation for Devils fans, the calls on the ice were the correct ones or ones that could have been challenged by head coach Lindy Ruff if he wanted a second look, yet he decided not to.
But hey, chin up, Devils fans. At least your team is still second overall in the NHL!
