For whatever purpose, that's one rigged win in the Finals for the Golden Knights...

Ten-minute Vegas production, followed by sixty more...

And, whaddya know!!!  Blatant missed cross-check for the 4-4, and Mike Millbury of NBC caught it, according to the Washington Post.

🎙 "You have to make the call. It's the turning point of the game." pic.twitter.com/qVawAcBn5X

— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) May 29, 2018

And listen to the way the game was described in the Washington Post article...

"With a Stanley Cup finals record four lead changes, Monday’s Game 1 at T-Mobile Arena featured more plot twists than “Ocean’s Eleven.” The final turning point in the Vegas Golden Knights’ 6-4 win over the Washington Capitals came on a goal early in the third period that probably shouldn’t have counted."

Ryan Reaves pole-axed Washington's John Carlson with a blatant net-front cross-check you can see in the GIF -- and then slotted home the 4-4.

I see I'm already making friends on hockey forums, but this is getting blatant.  Again, I hope my friend is right, but it only takes one call like that to get the attention of a lot of people such as myself...