Getting that close and not being successful is something you have to live with. It's not something that's fun to live with so I think guys are hungry and that's one of the big things that will hopefully give us that little extra incentive. |
I'll give it to charity. I'm not sure which one but I'm sure I'll find one. I just wish I'd have registered my wife for it. I didn't get that done in time. |
It doesn't matter. Both are good teams. |
It felt good to be back out there and the guys responded when we had to. We talked between [the second and third] period about how important it was to score on that power play -- and that's what we did. |
It's the same as any game. There's areas you want to improve, there's areas you played well. But we can ask for a little bit more from everyone in here. |
That's what we pride ourselves on -- being able to play against anyone. It doesn't matter what the other team does, it's what we do. It's something we focus on a lot -- making sure we play the style of game that makes us successful. |
This is the type of game we were looking for. This was a big game for us and it was important for us to grind it out and win an ugly game. |
We knew the team wasn't scoring. One goal's not going to win you many games, but we thought the last few games the effort was there, and it was just a matter of finishing our chances. |