Rangers' Vigneault sounds off after losing goalie-interference challenge

Alain Vigneault is not seeing eye to eye with NHL officials.

The New York Rangers head coach was not happy about an upheld call in Thursday's game against the Carolina Hurricanes. The moment in question was this game-tying power-play goal off the stick of Sebastian Aho wherein Vigneault believed goalie Antti Raanta was clearly interfered with.

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Here's what Vigneault had to say after the eventual 4-3 loss, per Steve Zipay of Newsday.

In all the times I’ve asked for challenges, this one I’m 100 percent sure I’m right. The ref that didn't make the call said it was a good goal because Antti was out of the blue, which I’m looking at (replay), and there’s contact that lifts his mask. Then they told us that Antti’s feet were in the blue, but his head was outside the blue In my opinion, it was the wrong call. Ask the league, they're going to spin it any way so they look alright and that's the way it always is.

The NHL ruled that "no goaltender interference infractions occurred before the puck crossed the goal line," and therefore, the original decision was correct.

The Rangers lost their timeout, the game, and eventually their cool.