Red Wings-Ducks: Detroit Falls on Controversial Call

Coming into Sunday night's game, the NHL-leading Detroit Red Wings looked to get their 42nd win of the season against the Anaheim Ducks.

With the Red Wing's 2-3 loss, they drop their third straight game, as the Ducks continued to find their way to the top, winning their fourth straight.

Detroit forward, Tomas Holmstrom, planted himself in front of Duck's goalkeeper Jean-Sebastien Guigere to create a screen. Brian Rafalski took the shot from the point.

Holmstrom barely brushed up against Guigere as he came out of the crease to make a save, but Nicklas Lidstrom's last-second slap shot put the puck went in and we all thought it was a tie game. The goal was called back however, saying that Holmstrom made contact with Guigere.

The ref disallowed the goal without reviewing it because he knew it was goaltender interference. There was no penalty on the play, but the face off was brought outside Anaheim's defensive zone to center ice with just 40 seconds left to play.

Another questionable thought about the call was the fact the Schneider scored his second period goal by left wing Chris Kunitz, by plowing over Red Wing goalie Chris Osgood.

Kunitz was in front of the net when the puck was shot from the point. After Osgood appeared to have the puck frozen, Kunitz poked away at Osgood in his crease, knocking him over and getting the puck back, which enabled him to set up Schneider for his goal.

Either way you want to look at it, the goal should have been reviewed.

As for Detroit, Pavel Datsyuk notched his 19th goal of the season and Johan Franzen also tallied a goal.

Red Wing goalie Chris Osgood faced only 19 shots, giving up three goals. Anahiem's Guigere saw 29 and saved a total of 27.