The other team was disciplined. We weren't. You give the other team a five-on-three twice in the second period, and you shoot yourself in the foot.
Quotes about five-on-three (10 Quotes)
When you don't score on five-on-three, as a coach you feel haunted. That gave the Swedish team another lift and they played with even more determination.
I think not cashing in on that five-on-three when we were down by one, and then having them score just a few seconds afterward really hurt. It gave them a lot of momentum.
It hurts to lose. What we did, the things I didn't want to see us do, stay out of the box, and that's what killed us. The two five-on-three goals, that was the difference in the game.
It was a good solid team effort today. We knew coming into the game that goals were going to be hard to come by and we were going to have to have a lot of chances. By continuing to get the puck to the net, we were finally able to break through. Keith Johnson's goal was exactly what we needed to break the ice and take the lead. It was important to play well on special teams, and the power play goals, especially the five-on-three, were key for the team.
We gave up two five-on-three goals. And that really hurt us.
I think we proved we can play five-on-five with them and we really had the game under control. But then we gave them that five-on-three and they get a couple power-play goals. We have to stay out of the penalty box.
It came down to the guys that are going the hardest. We had a five-on-three where I didn't like the determination. We had a three-on-one where we don't get a shot, and part of that was our decision making wasn't very good.
It's the new directive and you don't celebrate too much after scoring 10 goals because you can go out tomorrow and get 10 scored against you. That's the way it is -- you're never really out it. It's 9-5 and you take some penalties, give up a couple of five-on-three advantages and it's a brand new game.
You see there's 16 seconds left and it's five-on-three, you don't expect to have a two-on-one, but that's something we have to learn from. It was a bad bounce, but we can't take chances like that.