“It’s tough. You just want to keep going mentally. You have to be strong, and you just have to keep going with the next save. There’s always a chance. Teams give up goals here and there, and I think we have to keep pushing until the very end. It doesn’t matter the score.

“You always want to beat your old team. It doesn’t matter who or when, but it always does mean a little extra. I think we obviously have to change some things. We have to get some better in some areas, and I think if I could keep one or two of those out early, it gives us a better chance.”

“There are 30 games left. We’re coming down the home stretch here. There are no February games this year, so it’s like we’re at the end of February. The sense of urgency’s got to go up. Our group’s playoff race is real tight, and we gotta find a way to get points here, especially at home.”

“Very disappointing, especially for Jarry. How many breakaways, two-on-ones and grade-A scoring chances? You look at the shots against and the type of chances that we gave up, they were not easy for our goaltender.

“It kind of reminded me of the way we were playing at the beginning of the year. We would outshoot teams, we’d spend more time in the offensive zone, but the chances we were giving up were pretty inexcusable. I think our team is very confident we’ll be able to rebound after poor games, and the other night we played 40 terrible minutes and still put in a strong third period. But it wasn’t enough to come from behind.”

“I don’t think you expect that. [Anthony Mantha] had a big shift there, he got a couple of goals, he gave us a boost, and I thought we were ready to go from the start. Sometimes it works out that way. Sometimes, when you play back-to-back, you’re into it, and sometimes as the game goes on, you might feel it a little bit.

“I thought we played all four lines and there weren’t a ton of penalties, which allowed us to get in rhythm. I thought that everyone contributed. That was a big factor.”

“I thought we were pretty consistent tonight. The tracking, the reload, just the way we had numbers back, I thought our sticks were really good and I think as you go through the course of the year, there are different things that you can now go back to and I think for us we should be gaining in even more confidence.

“We know that’s a great hockey team over there, they have great players. But on a back-to-back when we’re maybe a little bit tired, to be able to stick with the focus being on our game, and going out and executing.”