"I'm saying, 'you gotta have some pride in this game.' No matter what, it's the same thing I said in between periods, we may not win the game, but you gotta get back to the way you're supposed to play," Boudreau said of his message during a timeout following Pittsburgh's sixth goal. "They were having odd-man rushes of 4-on-2, 3-on-2 almost every shift. When you get into those bad habits, it's really difficult to get out of them, and we haven't had those habits in a while. But I said, 'just play with pride, it's 6-nothing now, but lets start just doing things right.' It might work out that it makes it better for the next game."
2. About 12 hours before heading to Tampa for the All-Star Game, Staal ended goaltender Casey DeSmith's shutout bid.
After having a goal overturned in the second period for goaltender interference, the Wild was in danger of being blanked by the Penguins for the first time in franchise history.
But midway through the final period, Staal collected a rogue bounce in the slot, turned and snapped a shot over DeSmith's glove.