We started out pretty sluggish and they were a hungry hockey team and really put us down early. We showed a lot of character coming back.
For two periods we were right with them. If it wasn't for the penalties I thought it was an even hockey game. Everything just went against us.
We played awful hockey in the second and third periods. We were fortunate it was only 3-1.
We had a lot of good scoring chances in the first half. Then they went up 5-2 and it's pretty hard to come back against that team. I was looking for a great finish to the hockey game, but we got into trouble and they capitalized.
We didn't show up to play for a period and a half and it cost us the hockey game. We played a great third period, but it's just one period -- we can't do it for 60 minutes. That's been our problem all season long.
We showed a lot of character coming back. We really competed hard and probably played the best 40 minutes of hockey this season.
We were the better team tonight. We should have won the hockey game but we didn't. The guys played their tails off. I can't go in there (the dressing room) and tell them they didn't play well. They know they played well.
To be honest, Chicago outplayed us in both games. They're going through a tough time, and the hockey gods have been with us.
It was a great hockey game, it was our most complete game of the season. We got out to an early 3-1 lead and held on after that. Our team played very well. Marc Denis made some key saves.
Once it took that long, I thought it might be a goal. I thought it might be kind of funny where one team celebrates and then they're going to turn it over and we're going to win the hockey game.