For the record I am a Caps fan so my loyalties (and hates) are on the other side of the NHL (i.e. Eastern Conference).
I was watching last night and even I got pissed off at the end of that game. Yes, its the playoffs and teams get emotional but here is what I saw:
1) Hossa gets hooked by Getzlaf and the two tangle up. Few bumps/ shoves exchanged.
2) No gloves are dropped and Getzlaf starts swinging (very brave to take surprise shots before the other guy even drops hist stick). Hossa does not really look like he is trying to engage.
3) They are separated. Perry takes the opportunity to tackle and attack a recently injured player (Rafalski) who has a reputation of being a clean player and never fighting.
4) Rafalski turtles (I do not blame him) and Perry continues to throw punches on the ground (enforcers even frown on this).
5) Hossa comes in to pull Perry off (not even violently) and Getzlaf runs right in trying to start again.
6) On the side, Niedermayer (VERY INTENTIONALLY) elbows Datsyuk in the face/head and they tangle.
In a nut shell, players with crap reputations on a team with a crap reputation took runs and unprovoked attacks on purely skill and clean players (Datsyuk, Rafalski, Hossa). Maybe Perry and Getzlaf are "skill players" but they are also goons.
Yes, fighting is part of hockey. However, Bettman and Campbell's incompetence and inconsistency now allows runs on skill players without fear of retribution. They do not allow teams to police themselves nor do they do any policing (Brown on Hudler was identical to Brashear on Betts yet one was ignored).
Personally, I hope the Wings annihilate the Ducks and next season in one random game, they bring up some AHL/ECHL goons and in the words of Lindy Ruff, "Go out and run 'em."