WATCH The Rangers best defenseman on this play was the ref
The defense has Pedro Avila Jersey not been particularly good this season and has more often than not relied entirely on starting goalie .On Monday night they found some defensive help from an unlikely source: Referee T.J. Luxmore.During a scramble in front of the Rangers' night, Luxmore found himself standing right along the goal line in front of the net (where he is not supposed to be!) in an effort to see where the puck was and Luis Urias Jersey ended up getting in the way of everything. The puck eventually slipped free and came to forward in front of the net. With Luxmore still in the way, Jokinen ended up firing a shot off of the post as Luxmore was attempting to jump out of the way.Did Luxmore disrupt his shot? Would Jokinen have scored into an open net if a referee that shouldn't Craig Stammen Jersey have been standing there wasn't standing there?The world will never know. NO GOAL!! still up two in the second! New York Rangers (@NYRangers) Just look at him! What is he doing there? You almost never see a referee in Edward Olivares Jersey that spot because they know that's where the puck is supposed to go and, well, an extra body in that space that shouldn't be there isn't going to help things.Along with the potential disruption of a scoring chance, Luxmore also put San Diego Padres Blank Jersey Lundqvist in some real danger.As he was jumping to get out of the way of the play, his skate ended up coming down and landing right on Lundqvist's blocker pad. A few more inches in the wrong direction and that could have been a very bad situation for the Rangers' goalie.