SAY WHAT: 'WE WERE AN HONEST TEAM TONIGHT'

DARRYL SUTTER ON HOW IT PLAYED OUT:

ON THE THIRD-PERIOD PUSH:

"I thought we worked hard and were an honest team tonight. Their big guys scored, ours didn't. At the end of the day, look at it, who scored the goals. They're a little more skilled than we are in terms of playing in low, close games. When that happens, your big guys have to finish your opportunities. We had opportunities for it to be 1-1. It's 1-0 going into the third - it's perfect. It's what it is. It's a perfect situation for you."

ON THE TOUGH TURNAROUND:

"I'm sure it did (have an effect). We've played a lot of games in a short amount of time. The way the schedule is this year, it happens lots to teams. You're very seldom critiquing effort. You're criticizing the schedule than anything else. I'm sure they'd say the same thing. They're coming off those three games (out) east and get a day off. It makes a big difference. They're people, right? They're not machines, these kids. I don't think many teams question how hard their teams play."

TREVOR LEWIS ON THE DIFFERENCE TONIGHT:

"It's a lot of games, but we kept it close there. It was 1-0 going into the third and had a powerplay and couldn't capitalize on it. We just needed that little extra oomph tonight and couldn't seem to find it there.
"It's playoff-type hockey right now. ... Those are going to be the games like playoffs, so you've got to make sure you get that extra push in the third and bear down on our opportunities."

ON WHAT THEY CAN LEARN FROM THE AVS:

"Just like that game. It was 1-0 and we've got to find a way to get one there in the third period. Tie it up and go from there."

CHRIS TANEV ON BEING IN A CLOSE GAME:

"Obviously, they won the special teams battle tonight and then they score a goal off a broken faceoff there. Those are the little things that we need to be better at in order to win tight games like this to come down the stretch here.
"Guys were pushing, guys were skating. Obviously, we didn't capitalize on our chances, but we'll take what we can from there and learn and get better and get ready for our game on Wednesday."