We came out in the third period, played them straight up and knocked it to one. We had ample opportunities to finish at the other end, but we missed a lot of close ones.

We had the tempo where we wanted it and we were in the 1-and-1 already, and then we turn it over and miss some shots that we shouldn't have taken. I think we lost a lot of our aggressiveness at the offensive and defensive ends after that.

They changed up their pressure and we did not do a good job adapting to it.

We got a little tired, and that's what they (the Streaks) predicate themselves on.

I think our guys are playing better as a group and doing things better, but we're playing for an identity. We're knocking at the door. We just can't kick it in.

That's the mark of a team playing for a league title. They're not leading the league by accident.