In Boston Thursday night, the Anaheim Ducks were down their final options as the clock wound down to under 45 seconds left in regulation.
The Ducks were on the verge of losing their second one-goal game of the season; suck a rare that Anaheim loses close matches.
With Frederik Andersen pulled for the extra attacker in the final minute, Corey Perry tied the game at two all with 38.5 seconds left in regulation.
But it was not without some controversy, though the goal was not reviewed.
“There was, no doubt goalie interference there and that’s why they talk about reviewing those kinds of goals and coaches challenges, because you can’t allow those kinds of goals,” Boston coach Claude Julien said. “This was a big point we lost tonight on a missed call. Those are the things that are hard to swallow right now.”
Tuukka Rask took the loss on 29 saves and seemed fooled on the game winner in extra time.
“Obviously sometimes it’s luck, but when you battle until the end like they did, you know, you might get rewarded and they did,” Rask said. “Just one of those things that, you know, no matter how good you feel about your game you still lost and it’s a tough one to swallow, but we’ve got to realize that we played a good game and moving on that’s a positive sign.”
Luck or not, Ryan Getzlaf took a pass just outside the B’s blueline and skated in untouched by both defenders and trailing forward. That gave him time to wrist a shot that went high and off the crossbar for the goal.
“Yeah, I mean, anytime you win in this league it’s great. And when you’re playing a team of guys fighting for their lives, it gives you that mentality,” Getzlaf said. “Like I said, our message yesterday was that we needed to turn around the way we are playing and play with some more excitement in playoff-style hockey and I thought we did that tonight.”
It was a bad loss for the Bruins who a chance to capitalize on the Ottawa Senators loss to the New York Rangers Thursday.
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