While the Detroit Red Wings are having a tough time getting out of their funk, it doesn't exactly help when the puck just isn't bouncing your way, which it isn't for the Red Wings right now. Down by one late in the third period against the San Jose Sharks last night the puck hit the net above the glass behind Dominik Hasek's goal, dropped down in front of Devin Setoguchi who just tapped it in behind the perplexed Czech. Obviously, the goal should not have been allowed since the puck is dead when it hits the net, which the HD replay clearly showed it did.
The commentators couldn't believe their eyes, and neither could the Detroit crowd, when the goal was allowed. With four referees on the ice I think it's a catastrophy that none of them was watching the puck when it hit the net and then fell back onto the ice. Normally, if the puck does hit the net it is out of play, however, this is not a circumstance which is reviewable by the officials in Toronto, which is nothing less than rediculous.
The only good thing to come out of this embarrassing event is that it will never happen again, since the NHL will obviously have to change their criteria for reviewing plays, but try and tell that to the Red Wings.
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Nice to see Cristobal Huet get a shutout in his first game with the Capitals. It will be interesting to see how this goalie situation developes in Washington. If Huet keeps playing like this, Olaf Kolzig will of course find himself stuck on the bench, which is something he certainly isn't accustomed to having played around 70 games of the seasons for the last ten years.
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