The players are going to play hard to win these two games for the fans and for the team and themselves.
It's frustrating because we really skated with them. We had our opportunities to put this game away.
That's tough to take, because as a coach I know that we had a great chance to win three games this weekend but couldn't do it. Obviously, we're playing better than we were a few weeks ago, and that's good to see. Now we have to find a way to turn some of these close games into wins.
They are our closest rival, and the games have been competitive. I know are guys would really like to see what they can do against them at our place.
In the next five weeks, we have a lot of games at home and many of them are against teams in our division. If we want to jump into this race and get that last spot, we have to cash in at home and win hockey games.
We had to play a hard-hitting, defensive game to win, and that's what we did. It's the only thing we could do.
We lost this game in the second period. It was the type of game they want to play.
We finished the last game with just 13 skaters, and we might have to do it again. It won't be easy.