PHILADELPHIA — Chris Pronger and the Philadelphia Flyers lost the argument — and a point.
Niklas Hagman and Rene Bourque scored shootout goals to give the Calgary Flames a 3-2 victory over the Flyers on Friday after surviving an apparent goal in overtime.
The Flyers appeared to win in overtime, but Mike Richards’ power-play goal — a slap shot past Miikka Kiprusoff — was waved off because of an unsportsmanlike conduct call against Pronger. Officials ruled Pronger obstructed Kipru- soff’s view with his glove.
Asked if he received an explanation, Pronger said, “There was no explanation on the ice because they know they screwed up, that’s why.”
Pronger said he was directing traffic on the ice.
“I wasn’t turned around waving at him,” Pronger said. “I put my hand back on my stick as the puck went in the net. It’s infuriating. It should’ve been two points instead of one. There’s no question about it. All you have to do is watch the replay. It doesn’t really matter, does it? I’m not going to get into a he said, she said with the refs.”
Replays showed Pronger extending his hand toward Kiprusoff while briefly facing him.
“It’s the right call,” Kiprusoff said. “Maybe the referee called it a little late, but he saw it. That’s why he called it. I think everybody saw it. He did it before the shot, but that’s the rule. If you do it, that’s automatically two minutes.”
Hagman and Bourque beat Flyers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky with wrist shots in the shootout to help the Flames win for only the third time in 13 games.
