NHL goalies already have enough to deal with – flying bodies, razor-sharp skates and pucks traveling at more than 100 mph – without delicious Tex-Mex snacks entering the fray.

But that’s what Washington Capitals goalie Logan Thompson had to contend with on Tuesday night, and he says it led to him conceding a goal.

In the third period, the Capitals were leading 3-1 in their road game against the Edmonton Oilers when the nachos – apparently thrown on to the ice by a fan – entered the game. Soon afterwards Oilers winger Corey Perry negotiated the nachos, and scored past Thompson.

Thompson immediately pointed at the nachos and protested with the officials. “I’ve never seen that before. Obviously, I’ve got to play to the whistle. That one’s on me,” said Thompson, who made 30 saves in his team’s 3-2 win in Edmonton, a town not known for its Mexican cuisine.

Perry said he hadn’t noticed the nachos. “I didn’t even see them,” Perry said. “I was focused on the play.”

Capitals coach Spencer Carbery insisted Thompson had a good game but said the nachos had caused some debate. “I didn’t even notice them, and then guys were yelling, ‘There’s nachos on the ice!’. I was like, ‘I don’t know, can we challenge that?’”

Thompson may have a case. According to ESPN, Rule 63.5 states that: “In the event that objects are thrown on the ice that interfere with the progress of the game, the referee shall blow the whistle and stop the play and the puck shall be faced-off at a face-off spot in the zone nearest to the spot where play is stopped.”

Thompson, who made several non-nacho saves in the Capitals win, credited the fan with an assist for the Oilers’ second goal. “I saw the guy that threw them. Wasn’t too happy. But credit to him. He got them a goal,” Thompson said.