I thought for sure it was going to a 2nd OT based on how things were going.

I think that was intentional. Brown gets away with a lot of shit, something questionable every single series. First series was the hit on Sedin.

Regardless, I don't think he meant to hurt the guy that bad. But if you look at the slowmo, he knew what he was doing. At first I thought they were both looking away but when I saw the video again, I noticed Brown wasn't.

Regardless, it's a break for LA. Earlier an offside was called and shouldn't have. And sort of a questionable penalty on Drew--which drove him insane.

At the end of the day, this was a 3-1 series, with Coyotes' backs against the wall and they should have played like this from game one.

Coyotes' players had some tough words for officials and Brown.

Smith said:

"When Brown gets away with something like that after the whistle — knee on knee, that's a dangerous play. If Raffi Torres gets 25 games for his hit during the play, this guy should be done forever."

Smith also said in the postgame:

"It's disappointing for a season to end like that. It stings. We gave it all we had. We battled hard all season long. It's disappointing we not only got beat by them but got beat by the officials, too."

"It's not just that play, it's all game long. They called us for three offsides in the first period and none of them were offside. [A Kings player] flipped it over the glass — how do all four refs not see that? It's not just this game, it's all season long. They did everything they could not to let us get to this position.

"I'm not taking anything away from the Kings, they deserved to be here, they played hard and they were a tough opponent. But we battled as hard as we do to get to this point, and seemed like everyone was against us. We battled through adversity through a lot of things that went on. But the officiating … if you're going to be reffing in the playoffs, it's tough [with] some of the calls that weren't made tonight."

Coyotes Captain Shane Doan was also fired up after the game:

"I don't know how you miss it. I really don't know. But I'm sure they'll have a great explanation for it. I know they try to do their best, and they're going to make mistakes. It's just tough when you're on the short end of it so many times. You watch the last three games, and you tell me where I got my penalties."

certainly was an ugly series between PHX and LA. ugly in plays, ugly in calls.

different story now, Tampa's AHL affiliate Norfolk Admirals have advanced to the Calder Cup Final for the first time and their ECHL affiliate Florida Everblades are 1 win away from the Kelly Cup. this really bodes well for the future of the Lightning

Has Norfolk lost a game yet (including regular season) since that winning streak you were telling us about?

after winning 29 in a row (including the last 28 of the regular season), they have since lost 3. they are 32-3 in their last 35

2-0 New Jersey just over 4 mins in! , but

Man this is the second game in a row where it's over before I even get into it.

Hockey games are never over until the final whistle. Case in point, tonight.

2 goal leads are the worst lead to have. It's now 3-3. Never doubt hockey awesomeness