I liked to see less plays through the neutral zone and more plays around the net, but he (Hudler) played well tonight.

It was the kind of game that was played in the neutral zone rather than on net. Neither team had a lot of chances. They had a lot of guys back, especially against our line. We really played to their strength.

You can try to bag the puck out of the zone, but we wouldn't be the team we are if we did. Those were both situations where we had time to make plays.

We struggled a little shooting the ball tonight. Granite plays a good, tough zone and they played it very well tonight.

I looked at this as a five-game mini playoff series. We played Nashville, Dallas, Carolina, Philly and the Rangers and came out of it winning 3-2. With the exception of the Dallas game, we played real well. When we bear down and have a good focus, we're a good team.

You won't have the neutral zone bottled up anymore,