The first seven minutes was as poorly as I've seen us play in a while. Our execution, our passing . . . we weren't crisp. We weren't alert. We deserved what we got.

Our execution and passing wasn't very good. We had a couple of guys on a couple of shifts who couldn't handle the puck, and it disrupted the whole power play.

We played them pretty even for most of the game. But our execution was not very good.

Execution wasn't our strong suit. We made enough mistakes to lose it, and didn't finish enough plays to win.

I think we've seen the benefit of how we play, and the fans have come back. They like how we play and how hard we work, and it's just something you want to keep going.

The math has been really good for us until tonight.