via Eric Stephens of the OC Register,

Islanders captain John Tavares made it a 2-0 game but not without a bit of controversy. Cal Clutterbuck set it up by kicking the puck back to the charging Tavares but Carlyle and Getzlaf felt Clutterbuck illegally played the puck while holding a broken stick.

It isn’t a reviewable play and their protesting fell on deaf ears.

“I thought that the rule stated that if a player breaks his stick, he’s automatically expected to drop it immediately and not make a play on the puck,” Carlyle said. “And from our standpoint, it looked like he tried to make a play on the puck and then realized that his stick was broken.

“With a stick in his hand, he kicked the puck. From our perspective, it should have been blown dead.

Watch the goal below... the Ducks lost 3-2 in OT