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Video- Did Phoenix Get A Break On This Antoine Vermette Goal?

03/21/2014 at 9:11am EDT

from Harvey Fialkov of the Sun Sentinel,

An obvious goalie interference penalty on Lungo that wasn't called led directly to the eventual game-winning goal as the Panthers fell 2-1 to the desperate Coyotes Thursday night.

A Panthers source told the Sun-Sentinel that the referee admitted to the supervisor that he blew the call, but it's not reviewable unless it was called on the ice.

"He told me that a guy pushed him into me so I have to look at the replay,'' Luongo said. "I felt like I was already in the blue once the contact was made. It's tough for me to do my job when I end up in the corner. … It's frustrating because you can only give yourself a chance to make a save and on a play like that when you're truly taken out of a play you can't do anything about it.

"Unfortunately, that ends up being the game-winning goal.''

more on the game and below, watch the goal with numerous replays...

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