That first period was the best we played all year. So many things across the board are what we are looking for.

I was very upset with the way we began. We were under siege there in the first period. Down 3-0 going to the third, it doesn't look good. But we could have easily gotten a point (by sending the game to overtime) and who knows what would have happened after that.

We definitely played a desperate team. You can really tell it was a meaningful game on their end of it.

That first period was maybe the best period we've played all year. We played smart, moved the puck well and the whole bench was into it. We need to work on keeping our focus like that for three periods.

The third period was obviously everything we had. The first and second were the worst periods we played all year long.

The most I ever played was 42 minutes in a three-period game. But I didn't get across the red line too much in that one.