A hand pass in the defending zone is considered to have occurred when both the player making the pass and the player receiving the pass have both of their skates inside their defending zone. Google
Dimitrakos ended the scoreless game with an opportunity granted by the Blues, who hesitated to play a puck in their own zone after Vincent Damphousse made a hand pass. Google
Claude Lemieux's apparent goal early in the period was disallowed because of a hand pass. Google