When you have two five-on-threes like that, it's just unacceptable not to score. We just didn't make the right plays. We were making bad decisions and that's the way you lose games.
Quotes about five-on-threes (8 Quotes)
To not get anything on those five-on-threes, that's the game in a nutshell. We can keep them out, but we just have trouble getting them in there.
We got ourselves into penalty trouble. They had five in the third period, or something like that, and two five-on-threes. You can't give any team that many chances.
It came down to special teams, power play and penalty killing. We had two five-on-threes in the first period and couldn't take control. It hurt us.
We're all wondering the same thing. We heard from exhibition games in Minnesota there were something like 10 or 15 five-on-threes, so your special teams better be pretty good.
We did a real good job on the five-on-threes, but we spent too much energy killing penalties and not enough time on offense. It's frustrating to play that type of game.
It's tough to kill the five-on-threes and four-on-threes. (Andy) Delmore has that big booming shot and hits the net quite a bit. Our PK has won us games throughout the year and they'll lose you a game here and there.
You can't give anybody five-on-threes like we did in the second period. We got ourselves into penalty problems and it turned the whole momentum in their favor.