If you let their best players take one-timers from the slot, they're going to go in. Five-on-three is a tough situation for everybody.

It's nice to go to the locker room with a two- or three-goal lead. And the nice part about it was we didn't sit back; we came out and played the way we were supposed to play and got the job done.

We need two points at this point of the year. One point is not going to cut it anymore.

It changes the whole game. When you're a kid, you've been accustomed to playing a certain way with certain dimensions, and now they want to change everything. I think it's foolish. I understand fans want to see more goals. But the way to make the game more exciting is to open up the play more and have more breakaways, more two-on-ones. If anything, [making the nets bigger] would make the game worse because instead of making plays to score, players would shoot from everywhere.

He's the backbone of that team right now. He's opening up a lot of eyes around the league.

I just tried to weather the storm. That's going to happen often when you play on the road. Teams come out strong.