I had some opportunities earlier, but I wasn't taking advantage and I wasn't playing well. Right now things are just going well and the power play is working pretty good.

That's tougher to explain, those are our two best centers and two of our top point-getters. It was a big loss for us.

It's nice to get recognized like that. It never even crossed my mind, it was just unexpected, so it was nice.

At the start of the year you would never have thought there'd be so many of us (rookies) here. There's a lot more ice time up for grabs, and I'm getting to kill some penalties here and there, too. I've definitely got a little bit bigger role now.

We just seem to have their number.

This is very much like the situation we saw right after Sept. 11,