Nevertheless, the 31-year-old blueliner was still quite disappointed with the final outcome.
"For the first chunk of the first period, I thought we were executing, we were playing our game. Towards the end of the first, we got away from it," said Petry. "We talked about it in here, that we needed to go out and have a good start to the second period, and I think the breakdowns and not being sharp led to them taking the lead and we weren't able to fight back."
Max Domi picked up the lone helper on the play. He currently sits tied for the team lead with six points (3G, 3A), along with Brendan Gallagher (2G, 4A) and Jonathan Drouin (2G, 4A).
Speaking of Drouin, his point streak to start the season was snapped at five games.
Back to work ASAP
There's no denying that the performance versus Tampa Bay was a disappointment.