As happy as I am that the Buffalo Sabres pulled off an overtime victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning yesterday, I’m a bit befuddled. It looked to me as if Paetsch was offsides on the final breakaway. I replayed it over and over on our Tivo, trying to sort it out. I guess that’s another example of why I wouldn’t make a good referee in any sport — I can’t make the call even in Super Slo-Mo.
During that breakaway, Vanek got a weird deflection on his pass that ended up in the back of the Tampa Bay net to win the game.