Say What - 'It's A Slippery Slope'

Jacob Markstrom on being pulled in the second period:

"I saw all four pucks go in. It’s frustrating, you want to be there for the guys and the fans that paid money to come watch us play."

On the loss overall:

"We did everything right the first 15 minutes of the game tonight, if you ask everyone how they were feeling after 15 minutes it’s ‘really good, we got them where we want them.’ It’s a slippery slope."

Blake Coleman on the loss:

"Honestly, I thought the start of our game was pretty good. The first 15 minutes, I thought we were the better team, dictated a lot of the play; they score two quick ones and get the lead, just not enough pushback."

On dropping points on home ice:

"It’s disappointing. Ideally in this league, your home record’s generally better than your road record, but obviously that’s not the case for us right now. We’ve had spurts where it’s been good, but it’s not consistent enough; if we capitalize on a few chances in that first 15 minutes, maybe the building gets into it, we start feeling good, maybe it’s a different script."

Mikael Backlund on the loss:

"It is a frustrating loss. I thought just like last game, we played really well in the first. Once we get scored on, I feel like we’re sliding, (we) lose that momentum, lose the way that we know we can play (to be) more successful. We lost the last two games when it became tough and hard, we’ve got to fight back."

On the recent home woes:

"That’s not acceptable, we want to play well in front of our fans, we want to win games and if you want to be serious about playoffs, we’ve got to win games at home. We can’t be .500, or below .500 team at home to make the playoffs."

Ryan Huska on the loss:

"I liked our start, and then those two quick goals I thought hurt a little bit, and then I didn’t like the call on the third one. They have a good powerplay, and putting them 4-on-3, that’s a tough one. It just got away from us a little bit at the end of the first period."

On the team's recent winning and losing streaks:

"Consistency’s important; within a game, from game to game, practice, and all that stuff, and that’s one area that we haven’t found. I think we’ve ridden that wave a little bit too much, and that’s why you’ve seen some of the streaks that you have."