22 Quotes by Mike Sillinger

We're not going to worry about the Red Wings. We've got to worry about our game.

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.

I think we played with more desperation and we had the puck more in their zone. That just comes from moving your feet and not playing on your heels. This is playoff hockey and you can't play on your heels.

Look at his stats . . . look what he did. He was getting two points a game for us. How many one-goal games have we lost this year so far? Those two points a game, you don't think we'd have six more wins, eight more wins?

I was trying to go five-hole. I tried to catch him backing up, and he made a good save.

We've done it all year at home, and just because this is the playoffs, that's not going to change. We had the best home record in the league. Why change now?

We can't hang our heads and we can't sulk. We just have to go back home, put our work boots on and get the job done.

We kept it simple. The power play was huge for us tonight.

We've got to fight for everything we get. You want to prove you can beat the teams you might face in the playoffs.