We didn't like the way we woke up this morning and saw they had jumped ahead of us. That's what makes these back-to-backs so much fun is if you lose, you get a chance to get right back at it. |
We do think we're going to be a really competitive club and we want to be one of the top clubs, but we know it's not going to be easy, ... We're not going to get ahead of ourselves. |
We don't know the exact secret, it's about sticking with it and staying positive. It's not just being in front, we had legitimate chances in front of the net, we had two-on-ones. |
We got ourselves in penalty trouble tonight. I think we had five penalties in the third period. In a tie game, it's hard to get offense. |
We got ourselves into penalty trouble. They had five in the third period, or something like that, and two five-on-threes. You can't give any team that many chances. |
We got some great power-play opportunities and fortunately we were able to put it in. Those can be big momentum shifts one way or the other whether you get one or not. |
We got two power-play goals but it's not really about percentages. As a group it's about finding the big goal. We had chances, especially late, to get the equalizer, and we couldn't cash in. |
We had a little more jump, a little more desperation. I think we had more fun tonight, too. The Ducks were doing it, too, for two periods. It was back and forth. |
We had confidence but the first game of the series is a huge win for us, |
We knew after they beat the Czech Republic [it was going to be tough]. We knew it was a good club and not an easy team. We respected them. |
We knew they would raise their game and we didn't match it after they started coming at us. It's a matter that later we've got to be better. I don't know if it's bearing down more or we've got to be more disciplined, but we're going to need to change and we have to do it in a hurry. |
We knew they'd be fired up. We've all gone through something like this during our careers when there's a shakeup or a tough change and you band together and get fired up. They battled and competed and found a way to get that third goal that we didn't get. |
We knew they'd raise their game. They're one of the top teams in the conference and we didn't match them after they started coming. |
We know we have to get better. We have the talent and the ability to get a goal. Now the main goal is to get better. |
We think we're going to be a really competitive club. But we know it's not going to be easy. |