Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher Calls Out NHL Over 'Incompetence'

The Montreal Canadiens lost a 6-4 game to the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday, during which they also lost a video review on a Flyers goal in the third period.

Tyson Foerster scored on a rebound, sliding the puck past Canadiens goalie Jakub Dobes. Montreal challenged the goal, arguing that Flyers forward Bobby Brink had entered the crease and was positioned behind Dobes when the puck crossed the line.

After the review, the goal was confirmed.

After the game, Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher voiced his frustrations about the standard for goaltender interference in the NHL.

"It's incompetence," a visibly frustrated Gallagher told reporters after the game. "Players are frustrated all over the league. It seems like there's zero consistency. It needs to change.

"(Brink) skates in the crease on his own, he gets in (Dobes') way," Gallagher said of Foerster's goal. "That's what they've been calling. That's the standard."

The controversy over goaltender interference has been a growing topic of unrest around the league with the New York Islanders having expressed their discontent over the last week, too. The Calgary Flames were also on the unfortunate end of calls—in which players voiced their grievances to the media afterward—during their 5-2 loss to the Dallas Stars on Thursday.