Jarome Iginla isn't calling foul on Montreal Canadiens blue-liner Alexei Emelin.

The Colorado Avalanche forward didn't question whether the hit by Emelin late in the game of Saturday's 10-1 blowout to the Canadiens was a clean hit.

To Iginla, it's all part of the game.

"At that point of the game when they're beating us like that, it's not really a matter of whether it's clean or not," Iginla told Mike Chambers of The Denver Post. "(I) just don't think (it's right). If I'm going up-over like that with two minutes left and down 10-1, I'd hope guys are coming in (for me). That's the way I've played and I think that's the way it should be played."

Iginla was held pointless on the night, while posting one shot and four penalty minutes through 11:47 of ice time.

"They can do the hit if they want," Iginla added. "It's part of the game. But we are allowed to do what we do too. That's what penalty minutes and stuff are for."

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