Waaaaaah...

"I was looking for the puck, the ref was right there and he made a great call. Obviously the puck was free. You could see it on the replay. Perry and I just whacked away and it went in."

Backstrom thought the goal should have been disallowed.

"I watched the replay and I was sure it was under me and nobody saw the puck," he said. "Of course, you're going to get the puck out from a goalie if you slash at it with your sticks.

"That's a bad goal and we lose a game on that," added Backstrom, who stopped 32 shots.

Such a shame for a great rookie goalie to go out and cry about losing one game. He got demolished by his own player and was just lying on his back. If he wants to claim that he stopped it, well, it would have just been pure luck as he was out of the play. Penner came up, the puck was still free, and he put it into the back of the net.

A great hockey game, and one of what I hope will be many playoff wins this season. I've got tickets for Ducks home game 3 (next Thursday), but personally, I'm hoping it doesn't even get that far. Win tomorrow and then sweep the two in Minnesota. Go to the second round, and avoid playing any extra games with the crybaby Wild.

URL: ESPN.com - NHL - Penner's goal with 5:20 left gives Ducks 1-0 series lead