from George Richards of the Miami Herald,
Jokinen tried to get the puck through as Luxmore leapt into the air but hit the post. The soft shot — Henrik Lundqvist lost his stick in the flurry of activity and it affected Jokinen’s trajectory — clipped the cage as well and slowly hugged the goal line slowed by ice shavings and crept out of danger’s way.
“It’s not a fun feeling when the goalie is out but the ref is right there,’’ said Jokinen, who echoed many who said they had never seen an official taking up that piece of prime real estate during a game. “Yeah, we had a lot of chances and made too many mistakes. We had enough chances to score four or five goals. But I need to put the puck in. It’s on me. I need to score on that. That’s on me.’’
Said coach Gerard Gallant: “A lot of things didn’t go our way. Some of the calls didn’t go our way. What do you say? ... That was frustrating when you see that happen. The guy was standing in the net. I’ve never seen that before, but those guys have a tough job to do.’’
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