“Even the refs want Canada to win”: NHL Twitter erupts over Sam Bennett’s goalie interference call for collision with Stuart Skinner

Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett received a goalie interference penalty after colliding with the Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

The call came at 12:13 of the first period when Bennett was standing in front of Skinner and got pushed by Oilers’ defenseman Mattias Ekholm, causing Sam Bennett to fall into the Oilers' netminder. Bennett received an interference penalty on the play.

Fans immediately took to social media to voice their reactions, with one writing,

“Ekholm push then skinner trip. Even the reffs want Canada to win.”

"After Ekholm pushed Bennett into his own goalie. There fixed it for ya," another wrote.

Here are some more fan reactions.

"Pushing a player into your goalie then getting upset is definitely a strategy for a banging powerplay," one fan wrote.

"2x in a row Bennett is pushed into Skinner and this time it resulted in an Oilers goal, trash," another fan wrote.

"Yeah cause he only faked the injury to get the call," a user commented.

"Refs are flat out pulling for Oilers. That's trash. Guess we know who the league wants to win," another user wrote.

Edmonton capitalized on the man advantage, with Leon Draisaitl scoring on assists from Connor McDavid and Evan Bouchard.

But the Panthers entered the second intermission with a 4-3 lead on goals from Bennett, Seth Jones, Dmitry Kulikov and Brad Marchand.

The Oilers got markers from Evander Kane, Evan Bouchard and Draisaitl's power-play tally.