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Johan Franzen's power-play goal ended Columbus' season Thursday night, and the Blue Jackets aren't taking it very well.

The penalty that gave the Red Wings a late power play happened with 94 seconds left in regulation. Fredrik Modin didn't wait long enough to play a puck as he came off the bench, catching his team with six players on the ice thanks to a slow change. After a rough-and-tumble first 18:30 of the third period, the call didn't sit well with Columbus.

During Saturday's 4-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, Columbus' Jakob Voracek resorted to desperate measures to keep the Wings off the scoreboard. While the Wings were enjoying one of their many stretches of puck possession in the offensive zone, Fox Sports Detroit cameras caught Voracek using two sticks. It appears that a Columbus player (I can't identify who it is) dropped his stick, and Voracek picked it up, for some odd reason. FSD's Ken Daniels and Mickey Redmond explain that there is a rule prohibiting a player from "participating in the game" with two sticks. Despite that, Voracek didn't get a penalty. Perhaps the officials just felt sorry for Columbus, who was helpless to stop the Wings' power play.