On the difference in the game:
They wanted it more than us. It starts in the faceoff circle. They were 70% tonight. To me, it comes down to competitiveness and digging in more. They seemed like a more desperate team than us.
On his top players being held to very few shots and scoring chances in the game outside of John Tavares’ goal:
You are going to have to get in there and win battles against this team, that’s for sure. We spent too much time defending and not enough time in the offensive zone tonight.