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Gallagher interfered with Murray, he turned him ~90 deg and that was about it. Murray then chose to spin the other 270 deg on his own, couldn't find the puck because he was busy doing a cool spin for fun and then just gave up.
In the meantime, Gallagher got knocked over, and ottaw player fell on top of him, he continued to battle stood up and deflected the puck in the net.
If Gallagher can reset with all of that going on, then obviously Murray could have reset.
The ruling is obviously flawed and the NHL is sending the wrong message - players should be expected to compete at all times during play, not give up and try to milk calls.