Minnesota Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau believes that one play in particular during Tuesday's pivotal Game 4 against the Winnipeg Jets was the difference between a win and a loss.
After dropping the game by a score of 2-0, the Wild now find themselves on the brink of elimination. And after the game, Boudreau expressed his displeasure about Josh Morrissey's vicious cross-check to the neck of Eric Staal and the fact that it went unpunished.
"They (referees) decided not to call it because we were already on the power play. It cost us the game," Boudreau said, according to TSN's Frank Seravalli. "He should have been out of the game."
Boudreau makes a good point as the cross-check in question came late in the first period with the Wild just 40 seconds into a two-minute power play, meaning the club would have enjoyed a lengthy 5-on-3 advantage had a penalty been called on the play.
Staal said postgame that the ref apologized for the missed call, but unfortunately for the Wild the apologies don't change the fact the club is now down three games to one as it heads back to Winnipeg for Game 5.
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