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Defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom's apparent game-tying goal with 40 seconds remaining in regulation was disallowed due to incidental contact with the goaltender as the Anaheim Ducks escaped with a 3-2 victory against the Red Wings Sunday afternoon.
Forward Tomas Holmstom screened Ducks netminder Jean-Sebastie Giguere at the top of the crease. Referee Dan O'Halloran, a lightning rod for criticism from the Red Wings' bench and the fans at Joe Louis Arena, waived off the goal. Holmstrom was not penalized on the play.The disallowed goal was the last in a series of odd calls and no calls from O'Halloran, who failed (along with partner Chris Rooney) to call a goaltender interference penalty on Chris Kunitz in the 2nd period when he knocked a covered puck away from goaltender Chris Osgood with his stick. Osgood claimed that Kunitz kneed him in the head on the play.
Former Red Wing Mathieu Schneider scored on a shot a few seconds aftr Kunitz freed the puck, giving Anaheim a 2-1 lead. The goal was also remarkable for the fact that Kunitz shouldn't have been on the ice -- just over a minute earlier Kunitz throw a gloved punch to the face of Mikael Samuelsson after the whistle when Chris Pronger was called for hooking Samuelsson down in front of the net. The referees called Samuelsson for diving on the play.
The Red Wings grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first period when Pavel Datsyuk deflected a shot from Lidstrom past Giguere for his 19th of the season on a Detroit power play. The assist lifted Lidstrom's point total to 13 in the Red Wings' last 9 games.
Anaheim tied the game a few minutes later when Ryan Suter's bad angle shot caught Osgood out of position at 17:49.
Tyler Huskins scored with 4:42 to go in the second period when his shot rebounded off defenseman Brett Lebda and behind Osgood to give Anaheim a 3-1 lead heading into te 3rd period. Two of Huskins' three goals this season have come against the Red Wings -- both in Anaheim victories.
Johan Franzen cut the deficit to 3-2 6:06 into the third period with a power-play goal. Jiri Hudler drew both Anaheim defenseman behind the net, leaving Franzen alone out front. Hudler's quick pass foun Franzen at the top of the goal crease, where he took the puck to his backhand prior to roofing a shot past Giguere for his 11th of the season.
Giguere turned aside 27 of 29 Detroit shots. Osgood turned away just 16 of 19 in taking the loss.
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I am from Traverse City living in Colorado and these idiots out here are saying it helps the Wings by giving them something to play for? Are you kidding me? Bad calls are bad calls period. When you listen to Mickey Redmond he calls them both ways but most announcers don't. The NBC announcers today were obviously drinking from the Ducks CUPS...