Once again, in this year's playoffs, officiating became a controversial talking point. While a few games went without any trouble, there's often one or two bad calls that steals the spotlight from the rest of the game.
"It's hard, it's physical, it's playoff hockey out there, it just seems to be we need to kill more than we get power plays," said Ekholm. "Whether that's just the way it has happened or not I don't know."