I thought it was a sloppy play in the neutral zone on our power play, which has been a strength for us. The kid walked right in and buried it. The disappointing part was it was kind of a sloppy play.

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

We did a good job in the neutral zone. We allowed them to dump 50-50 pucks into the zone as opposed to using their speed to turn our defense.

Steve had a great night. He killed penalties, he helped with the power play. He did everything.

Because of injuries and Alicia's virus, we've been forced to play Houston more than we expected. I thought we'd be going with our older, experienced players, but she has accelerated her growth over the weekend. She's a terminator and, for the moment, the (starting) job is hers.

We talked it all out. I thought it would be best if he didn't play today.