Did We Just Witness A Hockey Shot Defy The Laws Of Physics? – Huffington Post

Our good friend Isaac Newton once explained that an object in motion will stay in motion until something makes it change its speed or route. We’re paraphrasing here, but the idea is clear; objects don’t just shift directions without something happening to them — without something moving them this way or that, stopping them in their tracks or giving them a little added momentum.

But don’t tell that to the Montreal Canadiens, who were robbed of a goal in their game Tuesday night when a puck veered out of its surefire path towards the net, making a U-turn in the middle of the crease.

The goal looks good here: