Say What - 'Weren't Able To Find Offence'

Ryan Huska on the loss:

"I thought the effort was good tonight. In close games like that, it’s always the one mistake. They play that way, that’s why they’re one of the better teams, that they’re a heavier team that when you force something or make a mistake, they can make you pay. I thought that’s what happened when we gave up the first goal. But we just weren’t able to find the offence that we needed tonight, too, but it wasn’t from a lack of effort at all."

On how special teams impacted the result:

"They scored on their powerplay, we didn’t score on ours. So I would say, though, the 5-on-3 we had tonight was significantly better than the one we had at home - it was probably over a month ago now - but those are situations where you have to grab hold it, and you have to find a way to score and unfortunately we weren’t able to do that tonight."

MacKenzie Weegar on the difference in the game:

"I think maybe just the patience. We knew that they were a structured team, they play the right way all night, they waited for their opportunity there at the end of the second. It was a good game, I thought both teams competed hard. Vladdy obviously was our best competitor tonight, he played a great game. It was two teams that played a structure, and I thought they ended up with a little bit more patience there to get that one goal. You give ‘em four or five powerplays, they got a good powerplay over there. They made the most of that one too."

On the first-period 5-on-3:

"The 5-on-3 was crucial, I thought for our team, especially on a back-to-back. It’s opportunities like that that you want to capitalize on. We continue to work on the powerplay as well, that’s obviously - when you look back on that game - those are key moments you fall on."

Connor Zary on the game overall:

"I think it was a good effort by us, obviously kind of a tough schedule there, with two games so tight together. I think at the end of the day, it’s little details, little things that weren’t fully perfect that ended up costing us. When you get opportunities on the man-advantage - especially a 5-on-3 - you gotta bear down, you gotta bury some goals. The old stats, your success rate goes way down after you have a 5-on-3 for a certain amount of time and you don’t score on it. I think just little things like that, little details throughout the game that we’ve got to clean up, but overall it was a good effort."

On bearing down on chances:

"We coulda done a better job. We didn’t score a goal, right? So obviously, we didn’t do enough. I think it’s a little extra here and there, a little more generating, a little more getting to the net, and just bearing down."