It's nice, we're building some chemistry. We're getting a lot of chances. When the puck bounces your way and it happens to go in, it allows you to build confidence. Yeah, it would be nice to keep playing right now but that's the way it goes.

Against a team like Carolina, they're a fast team, and they move the puck quick. If you don't keep your feet moving, you'll be forced into a lot of penalties.

They'll provide leadership, and you already have a solid young core of up-and-coming players. And when you have a world-class goaltender like Roberto, it makes for a good mix.

It was a crucial goal, especially at that time. We had fought hard to get back in the game.

It was not our best effort on the penalty kill, that is for sure. We took some undisciplined penalties and that ended up costing us.

It's huge. We're two teams that are in the same position and fighting to climb up the ladder and back into the playoff race.

It's the same old story. We weren't feeding off each other. We battled for two periods and then let it slip in the third.

You might put 100 bucks down that you'll beat your former team. It's nothing big. It's more for bragging rights than anything else.

You're on a four- to five-hour plane ride going across the country and there's only so many movies you can watch and you can only talk to your buddy for so long. Guys sitting at the back of the plane sometimes will make bets.

That's good, but over the course of an 82-game schedule it's going to wear a team down.