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MONTREAL - The first question of the Paul MacLean post-game media scrum naturally had to do with the disallowed goal.

The Senators coach stared briefly at the interrogator, then looked away without answering.

A little later, a Montreal reporter tried again. Did MacLean think the Andre Benoit goal waved off by a goalie interference penalty to Jakob Silfverberg should have counted?