DETROIT -- Detroit Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg felt his apparent goal at 9:47 of the first period should not have been disallowed after a lengthy video review.



Officials at the NHL office in Toronto ruled that Zetterberg directed the puck into the net with his left skate, on a pass from Valtteri Filppula.



"My skate did not leave the ice, so I did not have a kicking motion,'' Zetterberg said. "It was a battle with their D and I just tried to stop to be in position to play it with the stick, but he kind of pushed me and of course you're a little off-balance and it's tough to be completely still with your skates. But I wasn't kicking.''



Sharks goaltender Evgebi Nabokov didn't agree.



"I turned my head and I saw his skate go like that (making a kicking motion),'' Nabokov said. "I didn't see the puck, but I saw it was a kicking motion."



Zetterberg stopped on penalty shot

Nabokov made a great glove save on Zetterberg's penalty shot with 3:32 remaining in the first period.



"I deked him, I went to the backhand. I thought I had an open net but he made a good save,'' Zetterberg said. "Looking at the replay, I wish I would have put it a little bit more to the side, but it's easy to say afterwards.''



The shot was awarded because Logan Couture, it was ruled, closed his hand on the puck while it was in the crease.