Colorado Avalanche veteran has hilarious reaction to Lehkonen's controversial goal against the Stars

The Colorado Avalanche have already sparked some controversy after their first goal of the series, which came from Arturri Lehkonen.

Artturi Lehkonen was the first person to score for the Colorado Avalanche against the Dallas Stars, and his goal has sparked some controversy early into this playoff series.

Following a scoreless first period, Arturri Lehkonen ended up scoring a goal that led to some controversy. Mainly just from the fans of the Dallas Stars.

Artturi Lehkonen ended up shooting the puck at Jake Oettinger, who gave up a pretty juicy rebound. Lehkonen was being tied up by a Stars player, and toppled over to the ice, but in the process his skate made contact with the puck, and ended up going in the net because of it.

The officials ended up reviewing the play, and determined that Lehkonen did not have a distinct kicking motion, and it stood as a good goal.

Following the game, Colorado Avalanche veteran forward, Charlie Coyle shared his take on the controversial goal, and honestly he did a pretty good job at explaining what a goal like that means during this time of the year.

With the Playoffs being super competitive, a lucky goal like this is all a team needs to find motivation and momentum, just the like Avalanche built off of as they managed to take a 5-1 victory to take the early lead in this playoff series.