from Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe,

Patrice Bergeron raised his arm to celebrate what he believed was a game-tying goal. After getting the green light from video coordinator J.P. Buckley that Bergeron’s goal was good, Claude Julien gave a thumbs-up. Of all the angles available to Buckley, he was most likely looking at a NESN shot, from the left side of the offensive zone, that appeared to show the puck tucked against Roberto Luongo’s right pad and over the goal line.

Things were not proceeding the same way in Toronto.

It’s impossible to project the outcome if, on March 24 at TD Garden, the Bruins tied the game at 2-2 at 8:03 of the third period. There was a good chance, however, they could have grabbed at least one point against the Panthers.

Instead, officials in the NHL’s situation room upheld the on-ice call of no goal by referees Kelly Sutherland and Wes McCauley. Florida scored two more times to grab a 4-1 win. What could have been at least one precious point turned into nothing.

As firmly as the Bruins believed Bergeron had scored, Mike Murphy, senior vice president of hockey operations, and his colleagues could not confirm the puck had completely crossed the line.

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