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Twitter reacts to yet another controversial offside review

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Another night, another controversial offside review in the NHL.

Hours after the league admitted an overturned goal from Thursday's action should have counted, the Buffalo Sabres appeared to have been on the wrong end of another challenge.

The goal was scored by Daniel Sedin, on a play where it appeared as though Jake Virtanen was clearly offside.

The Sabres challenged the call, resulting in a lengthy review.

The call on the ice of a good goal was eventually upheld, much to Sabres head coach Phil Housley's dismay.

Here's a sample of the reaction on Twitter:

For the record, here's the official explanation from the NHL:

After reviewing all available replays and consulting with the Linesman, NHL Hockey Operations staff confirmed that Vancouver's Jake Virtanen had possession and control of the puck as he entered the attacking zone prior to the goal. According to Rule 83.1, "a player actually controlling the puck who shall cross the line ahead of the puck shall not be considered 'off-side,' provided he had possession and control of the puck prior to his skates crossing the blue line."

Therefore the original call stands - good goal Vancouver Canucks.

The explanation, however, did not help.

"I disagree with the call - totally," Housley said after the game, per John Vogl of the Buffalo News. "(Virtanen) knocks the puck out of the air. He never has possession. If you call that possession, then as long as I've been in the league it's a different answer or explanation than they gave.

"I'd call that 10 out of 10 times offside, and I'd continue to challenge that again."

Clearly there's still some work to do with these reviews.

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