Refs Rob Red Wings in Game 3

Tuesday night the Red Wings threw everything they could at Jonas Hiller and the Ducks defense; heck, there might have even been a kitchen sink thrown in there somewhere, as the Wings put 46 shots on the young netminder compared to only 23 going the other way at Chris Osgood.

In the end, the Wings would lose, 2-1, but not after the Ducks got some last-second help from referee Brad Watson. Watson prematurely blew his whistle, disallowing a potential game tying goal from Marian Hossa with under a minute to go in the game. Video, plus more, after the jump.

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With Osgood pulled, Ducks defender Scott Niedermayer lost control of the puck behind the net. Johan Franzen grabbed the puck and poked it behind Hiller, skidding the puck across the goal line. Watson blew the whistle almost immediately, probably thinking the puck was under Hiller. But the puck was actually laying in the crease, and was slammed home by Marian Hossa.

The goal would not count and could not be reviewed, as an inadvertent whistle is not a reviewable play.

Now the Ducks will take a 2-1 series lead into Game 4 Thursday night in Anaheim, and all of a sudden the Ducks are giant killers in the Western Conference. They took out the top-seeded Sharks in six games and are now leading the second-seeded Red Wings with home ice advantage in hand.

One concern for the Ducks heading into Game 4 will certainly be James Wisniewski. During the second period, he took a Pavel Datsyuk shot off his chest. Wisniewski immediately fell to one knee and was not able to get back to his feet. He would be taken off the ice on a stretcher and driven to the hospital as a precautionary measure. The Ducks have not yet commented on his injury.