We'd talked to them about the importance of getting some offence.

A punch like that goes around the league in a hurry. But we have talked at length to him in the past about being a physical factor without just squaring off against the other team's tough guy and getting into a situation where teams are reacting to what he's doing on the ice in terms of who he's hitting and how hard he's hitting, and that's the role we've seen so far.

It was an incredible goal. A great, absolutely breathtaking goal. A huge goal. I think we'll realize the importance of that goal as the season wears on.

We talked about the importance of collecting wins at home. We need to get wins right now. If you have an opportunity to sweep an opponent at home you need to do it.

The ceremony itself was inspiring. But it was a debacle from the outset.

It was very disappointing for everybody that the game went that way and it was steered that way from the outset by the officials. It was an egregious error to put the game in the officials' hands.