Game 7, first intermission

NHL Rule 33, b): When the Team to be penalized gains control of the puck, the Referee will blow his whistle to stop play and impose the penalty on the offending player.

and

NHL Rule 55, c): No defending player, except the goalkeeper, will be permitted to fall on the puck, hold the puck or gather the puck into the body or hands when the puck is within the goal crease.


Therefore, if a player on a team which is to be penalized "gains control" of the puck by either falling on the puck in the goal crease or holding the puck in the goal crease, then the other team should be awarded a penalty shot, no?

Pretty weak, refs.