The Swedish Hockey League’s situations room has published explanations of video-review decisions, outlining how officials assess disputed goals. Every goal is checked, and the on-ice ruling stands unless video clearly shows it was wrong. If the footage cannot establish whether the call was correct, the review is inconclusive.
The examples include goals disallowed because a puck was kicked into the net with a distinct motion, or directed in with a stick above crossbar height. In another high-stick review, the puck’s contact point could not be established, so the original goal call stood.
Several examples concern contact with the goalkeeper. A goal was allowed when a defending player caused the attacker’s contact with the goalie. Goals were disallowed when an attacker independently entered the goal area and impeded the goalie, but allowed when a defender initiated contact or when an attacker’s contact came through normal movement outside the goal area. In one case, the puck crossed the line inside the goal’s normal position, despite the net being displaced by a defending player.