Steven Stamkos criticizes officials for late penalty call in Predators' loss to Devils

After the Nashville Predators fell 4-2 to the New Jersey Devils on March 26, Steven Stamkos was displeased at how the game unfolded. In particular, Stamkos was upset at a third period penalty call to Matthew Wood that led to the Devils' go-ahead goal . "It pisses me off a little bit the way that the game ended on that power play goal," Stamkos told reporters at Bridgestone Arena.

"I get it, it's tough, the refs call what they see. No matter how much we yell and scream, they aren't changing the call once it's made. But it's a 2-2 game, it's coming down to the wire, they haven't called a lot of penalties in the game.

" The slashing call on Wood came with 6:14 left in the third period and less than a minute after the Predators had killed off a tripping call on Fedor Svechkov. "They just gave them a power play, we kill it off. There's, in my opinion, no reason to call that particular play," Stamkos said.

"It is what it is. It just sucks with the magnitude of the game and the points for us this time of the year. ...