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Tortorella, Henrik Sedin dispute costly no-goal call

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The Dallas Stars won their third straight game last night, beating the Vancouver Canucks 2-1. Kari Lehtonen was fantastic, stopping 43 of 44 shots, but as far as the Canucks are concerned, he got a little help.

Henrik Sedin appeared to score what would have been a critical goal at 6:48 of the second period, but it was called off based on the belief that Daniel Sedin interfered with the play by making contact with Lehtonen.

You can watch Henrik’s overruled goal below:

As you just saw, Canucks coach John Tortorella was livid.

“It was a big play in the game,” Tortorella said after the game, according to the Calgary Sun. “I think we need to get the call right. ... It was the wrong call.”

Henrik Sedin matched his bench boss’ conviction.

“It was a goal,” he said. “It was a goal. That’s the bottom line.”

Even Lehtonen admitted that he was surprised by the call. Of course, while it’s natural to wonder what might have been if a different decision had been made, it shouldn’t detract from the fact that Lehtonen had a good game and certainly did his part last night.

On top of that, Vancouver’s offense has been a recurring problem lately. They have recorded just one goal in each of their last four games and have consequently lost all of those matches.

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