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Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II
There's a slo-mo clip where the puck looks like it MIGHT have barely grazed his stick after he bats it with his hand. The puck doesn't seem to change direction, so I don't think it actually hit his stick, but there's at least a semblance of a chance.
Edit: and apparently there's a pretty good clip of it grazing Bouwmeester's leg, which would also negate the hand pass. Neither are conclusive, but either or both of them could have happened.
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I'm not sure grazing a player's leg would negate an offensive zone hand pass. The rule just says it has to go directly to a teammate. If a player hand passes it directly to a teammate and it grazes a defensive player, it still went to the offensive player. There's a 100% chance that gets reversed if it is eligible for a review.