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

Milan, tricky player, ... He upgrades the whole team.

You look at how he's approached it and kept everybody together. They've definitely been dealt a tough hand, but he's still trying to bring some meaning to coming to the rink every day for the guys.

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

They played like a team that was desperate to win and we played like a team that was standing around. We had no battle and had no fight. They did the little things that you need to do to win.

This team is poised to make a big run starting with this week. We've not played a meaningful game in a month. Guys are just ready to get out there and play a meaningful game with title implications behind it.