WATCH: Makar’s laser gives Avs lead after wild first, but was it offsides?

The Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers were expected to light up the scoreboard in their Western Conference Final matchup.

The first period of the series lived up to the hype, with five goals, two lead changes and fast-paced play.

Evander Kane scored five minutes into the game for the game’s first score, J.T. Compher answered 36 seconds later to equalize. The Avs took a 2-1 lead but Zach Hyman scored 23 seconds before the period end to tie it back up.

Cale Makar escaped on the ensuing face-off to give the Avs back the lead 3-2, just nine seconds later.

This one COUNTS!

The Avs take back the lead 5 seconds after the Oilers tied the game 😳 pic.twitter.com/z8zZz3xlQH

— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) June 1, 2022

But Makar’s goal might’ve been offsides. The Oilers challenged it unsuccessfully due to the play being ruled a delayed offsides. Which, admittedly was a strange application of the rule. Essentially they ruled Makar was not actively possessing the puck as it was just off of his stick, meaning it was a delayed offside when he entered the zone. So it wasn’t until he touched the puck that the refs could call offsides and they were back onsides by that point. But the puck was barely off his stick. Normally a delayed offside is applied on a dump into the zone never like that.

Not even sure what to say about this one. Offside or onside? pic.twitter.com/vaBsIC2ob9

— Mr Matthew CFB 🇺🇦 (@MrMatthewCFB) June 1, 2022

The Avs have over 100 seconds of power play time to start the second period due to the unsuccessful challenge.

Opposite angle pic.twitter.com/8AIEirGLRz

— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) June 1, 2022

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