Say What - 'We Have Better'

Andersson on the slim margin in Saturday’s loss:

“Puck luck. (That was) the big difference between our first and second period. We battled harder in the second and got some more o-zone time. And then, puck luck, and it's 3-1 and it's a tough team to come back from.”

On Colorado’s back-breaking third goal:

“Their third goal... It's a weird bounce. It's a tough back-to-back to play this team, but I thought we gave it our all on another night we might have come out with one or two points here.”

Backlund on how the game played out:

“I thought in the second (period), we did a pretty good job of getting some pretty good forechecks and some o-zone time. First and third, I didn't think we were good enough on the forecheck – we didn't get pucks up and get some motion. I thought that was our biggest issue tonight, that we weren't good enough on the forecheck.

“Not our best game, but we stayed in it until the end. Had some chances, but at the end of the day, it wasn't our best game of the trip. It was a tight game, but we didn't deserve to win.”

Kadri on how tight it was for both teams:

“Sometimes that's how it goes. I don't think – besides our first period (where) I thought we were lackadaisical – but other than that, I thought we played a decent game. We have better, but they're a good team over there.

“It felt pretty muddy out there and not really a whole lot of space. What were the shots, low 20s for both sides? It's a playoff-style hockey game and sometimes you've got to find ways to win that game and obviously we didn't do that tonight.”

Huska on what he saw as the difference:

“I thought we were slow in the first period and they had a little bit more speed than we did. But the second and third periods, I thought we consistently got better. I thought we played much faster in the neutral zone and had much more zone time than we had in the first period.”

On missing a chance to get back to .500:

“I feel like parts of our game could have allowed us to get a point at worst tonight. We just didn't have the other side going. We gave up a powerplay goal and we don't score any on our opportunities – and a lot of times in close games, that's the difference.”

On what he’s seeing from the powerplay right now:

“Not much.”