The Edmonton Oilers would certainly agree that enough is enough with these potential goaltender interference calls.
The Oilers have come up on the wrong side of two such calls - both deemed good goals by the league - against the Anaheim Ducks in Games 4 and 5, pushing them to the brink of elimination in Round 2.
Milan Lucic and head coach Todd McLellan sounded off following Friday's double-overtime defeat, suggesting neither is sure what constitutes goaltender interference anymore.
Of course, those two instances are not the only such calls that have received criticism. Your favorite team was likely wronged at one point or another during the regular season.
So, what can be done?
Some have called for the league to do a better job of defining what exactly counts as goaltender interference. That could work, but could still open the door for the same problems. A better suggestion would be implementing rules already used by the IIHF.
Under IIHF rule 595, play is blown dead if an opposing player stands in the goaltender's crease, regardless of where the puck is on the ice:
4. However, where an attacking players stands in the goal crease, play shall be stopped and a face-off shall take place in the nearest face-off spot in the Neutral Zone.
4. If an attacking player stands or holds his stick in the goal crease when the puck enters the goal net, unless he has been physically interfered with, by the action of any defending player so as to cause him to be in the goal crease when the puck enters the goal net, unless if in the opinion of the Referee, he had sufficient time to get out of the crease.
6. If an attacking player initiates contact with the goalkeeper, incidental or otherwise, while the goaltender is in his goal crease and a goal is scored.
7. If an attacking player initiates any contact with the goalkeeper, other than incidental contact, while goalkeeper is outside his goal crease and a goal is scored.
8. Where an attacking player enters or takes a position within the goal crease, so as to obstruct the goalkeeper's vision and impair his ability to defend his goal net and a goal is scored.
The NHL needs to find a way to either crack down on players coming in contact with goalies, or define more clearly what warrants a goaltender interference call. Fortunately, it appears a good example of rules that could fix both these issues are already being used on the other side of the pond.
The St. Louis Blues staved off elimination with a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night. They now trail in the series 3-2. If they're going to come back and advance to the Western Conference Final, the following three factors are going to need to come to fruition:
Play tight to the points
The Predators generate so much offense from their blue line. Here is a look at their scoring leaders so far in this series through five games:
As you can see, Ellis, Subban, and Josi have shouldered the load offensively. The Blues need to do a better job at taking away time and space from these three defensemen when Nashville is in the offensive zone.
The Predators' top line of Ryan Johansen, Filip Forsberg, and Viktor Arvidsson is dangerous, but they lack scoring depth on their bottom three lines. If the Blues' wingers play tight to the points and force Ellis, Subban, and Josi to simply throw pucks deep rather than firing off point shots, St. Louis' sturdy D-core should manhandle Nashville's forwards down low.
Many NHL coaches, including Blues bench boss Mike Yeo, have their forwards collapse in the defensive zone in order to block shots, but the Preds have done a tremendous job getting pucks through traffic so far in the playoffs. This strategy clearly isn't working against Nashville's mobile defense unit.
Jake Allen has to stand on his head
In St. Louis' six wins so far in the postseason, Allen has allowed a total of nine goals. If the Blues are going to complete the comeback, their netminder has to be their best player.
The Blues don't have enough offensive firepower to win games 5-4. With the way Pekka Rinne has played in the opposite crease, St. Louis realistically has to win the next two games by scores of 1-0, 2-1, or 3-2 if it plans on advancing. This is going to require Allen to be at his best.
Vladimir Tarasenko has to step up
Tarasenko had two goals in St. Louis' Game 2 victory, but has been held off the score sheet in every other game this series. If the Blues are to mount a comeback, they're going to need more from their leading scorer.
In his two-goal performance, Tarasenko fired six shots on goal. He has averaged only three shots on goal in the series' other four games. He needs to frequently utilize his heavy shot if he hopes to beat Rinne.
Latvia goaltender Elvis Merzlikins was pretty fired up after his shutout Saturday.
The 23-year-old turned away all 27 Denmark shots to help his club earn a 3-0 win in World Championship play. After the final horn sounded, he tackled one of his teammates out of pure elation.
Merzlikins is a 2014 Columbus Blue Jackets draft pick. He's helped his national club get out to a good start in the tournament, as Latvia currently sits tied for top spot in Group A along with Germany - yes, Germany.
The Anaheim Ducks are now in the driver's seat after a pivotal Game 5 comeback victory over the Edmonton Oilers, but if their recent history has proven anything, it's that this series is far from over.
Friday's win marked the sixth time in the last five seasons that Anaheim has earned a Game 5 victory to take a 3-2 series lead, but in four of the last five instances, the Ducks have gone on to lose both Games 6 and 7, NHL Network's Steve Mears pointed out.
It's a rather bizarre trend - here's how those four series losses have gone down.
In 2013, after splitting the first four games of their opening-round matchup with the Detroit Red Wings, the Ducks won Game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead. However, the Red Wings took Game 6 in overtime and edged the Ducks in Game 7 by a 3-2 score.
The following year was wild, to say the least. In their second-round meeting with the Los Angeles Kings, the Ducks rallied after the Kings took Games 1 and 2, winning three straight for a 3-2 series lead. That did little to scare the Kings, though, as they took Game 6 and then blew out the Ducks 6-2 in Game 7 to advance.
In 2015, the Ducks had the upper hand on the eventual Cup-winning Chicago Blackhawks after Game 5. Then the Blackhawks - spearheaded by Patrick Kane, who had five points in Games 6 and 7 - awoke, cruising to 5-2 and 5-3 wins.
Finally, last season, after falling behind 2-0 in their Round 1 matchup against the Nashville Predators, the Ducks rallied, winning the next three contests. But the Predators shut down the Ducks' offense in the final two games, allowing just two combined goals to dismiss Anaheim in seven.
Recent history certainly hasn't been kind to the Ducks while leading a series 3-2, so if they're keen on advancing to the conference final, it's something they'll need to overcome against a young Oilers club.
Rickard Rakell's controversial game-tying goal in the waning seconds of Game 5 between the Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks left many on the Edmonton side confused and frustrated by trying to understand the definition of goaltender interference.
"If someone knows what goalie interference is anymore, please call me and tell me," Oilers forward Milan Lucic told TSN's Frank Seravalli after Friday's game.
Oilers head coach Todd McLellan was at a similar loss.
"We're disappointed, but we can't be mad at anybody. ... Interference? You're asking the wrong guy, I don't know what that is anymore," he told John Hoven of MayorsManor.com.
On the Rakell goal, netminder Cam Talbot had to deal with a sprawling Corey Perry on top of him and Ryan Kesler appeared to grab Talbot's pad with his hand. The goal was allowed because Kesler was shoved into the crease by Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse.
It stood as Anaheim's third tally in the final three minutes of the game. Perry went on to complete the comeback and give the Ducks the win in double overtime.
The Oilers get a chance to even the series at three games apiece Sunday on home ice.
Though it was overshadowed by the Anaheim Ducks' miraculous comeback, Cam Talbot turned in a record-setting performance Friday night.
The Edmonton Oilers netminder stopped 60 shots in the team's 4-3 double-overtime loss in Game 5, setting a new Oilers record for saves in a playoff game.
With his 60-save effort and 64 shots against Friday night, Talbot has now faced a playoff-high 372 shots in 11 games, while making a playoff-best 342 saves.
The Anaheim Ducks forward scored with only 15 seconds left to force extras, and while the tally was automatically reviewed for goaltender interference, it stood. The rest is history. But the Oilers want an explanation, especially about Ryan Kesler's left hand:
Kesler was ruled to have been pushed into the crease by Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse, but it appears in the image above that he had a hold on Oilers goalie Cam Talbot's pad after the fact.
An opposing view, from The Athletic's James Mirtle, which will certainly go over well in Edmonton:
