Games are won and lost at the free throw line. And that's what happened to us. We were just 6-of-18 from the line tonight. That was the game right there.

Tonight the slipper fit, and we put it on.

He did a good job sealing our guy off. They had their shooter (Newell) out there. They just did a nice job on that play.

We had a game plan to just attack, the kids believed in it, and that's what we did.

[Yawney called it] too early ... He took a step towards it. With only eight (preseason) games, unfortunately, you've got to do the best you can with the games you're given.

We've had games that we've had so many opportunities that we haven't capitalized, and we've had opportunities and put the puck in the net and have been more consistent than seven or eight games ago.