That said, I don't want to disrespect their record. They're a very good team. We're definitely the underdog, and we'll take that underdog role.

I'm definitely an underdog.

How can you disrespect a team that's 12-4?

He's not going to do anything flashy. He's not going to skate the puck end to end. He's not going to have 15 hits a game, because his body just won't allow him to do that. But he knows how to play within his means.

I told the guys we'd feel a lot better after the game if we won. ... Right now we're beat up and sick, so we'll take points any way we can.

The guys battled hard and never quit, they even got more energized in the third period.