Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck disagrees with how the referees handled Friday's controversial goal call versus the Dallas Stars that could have cost Winnipeg the game against its Central Division rivals.

Winnipeg had a 4-3 lead late in the third period when Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey pushed Stars captain Jamie Benn at the side of the net, which caused the forward to make contact with Hellebuyck's head. Hellebuyck's helmet came off, and he remained face down on the ice, but play continued.

Around four seconds after the collision, and with Hellebuyck out of position, Stars phenom Jason Robertson scored into the yawning cage to tie the game with 20 seconds remaining in regulation.

The veteran netminder thinks play should have stopped once he no longer had his helmet on.

"Those refs made a mistake. … They put me in danger," Hellebuyck told reporters Saturday. "A lot of bad things that could have came from that. Plain and simple, when a goalie's mask gets knocked off, the play needs to get blown dead."