Watch: Early whistle costs Preds opening goal after ref loses sight of puck

Referee Kevin Pollock better hope the Nashville Predators don't lose Game 6 - and the Stanley Cup - by a goal Sunday.

Early in the second period, Pollock lost sight of the puck after Filip Forsberg fired it on Matt Murray - who didn't have control of it - and blew the play dead a second before Colton Sissons put it into the open net.

The play was not reviewable, and the call on the ice stood despite the fact the four officials on the ice got together to discuss the play, on which it was clear Murray didn't have possession.

The Predators and their fans were unsurprisingly not happy with the ruling, which could prove about as costly as costly gets...

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