When you don't gain momentum and you're in the box, it's tough.

Oh yeah. Definitely. It's going to be tough if [the Penguins] are not there in the playoffs, obviously, so I'd like to keep playing, and I'd love to represent my country. We'll see what happens, but it would definitely be something I'd be excited about doing.

Once we get rolling, we're going to be great, but it's a steep mountain to climb when you go through this, ... But it's better we get it out of the way now. If we keep working and start getting some bounces, we're going to be fine. If you work hard and keep creating, things usually go your way.

It would have been nice to get an empty net goal. We had a little scare when they came back in the second. But it was a good test for us, a test of character. It showed the confidence we have in each other now to come back.

Obviously, I don't want to be in the box for over a hundred minutes during the season, but at the same time I have to try to play with an edge and battle out there.

When you are playing from behind you start to panic sometimes and maybe take more penalties and you're not as confident. You don't want to make a mistake and give up that fourth one.