You could feel in the third period that they took their game a level higher, maybe two. We just stayed the same, we were a bit flat.

I don't think there's another goalie in the league playing as well as him. If he had played the whole season, he'd be the Vezina Trophy winner.

I can't tell you how much that meant to us.

I don't know if we thought things were going to be easy the rest of the way, that teams were going to lay down for us. The guys that were lineup haven't held up their end of the deal. To a man, we can all play better.

Because we were down we're going to take some chances and push the play a bit. We battled back hard. We were in the game, we fought hard but fell a little bit short.

I'm sure there are guys who take Sudafed, but it's probably no different than having three or four cups of coffee. If guys are on drugs because they're taking a pot of coffee a day, then there's going to be a lot of us.

It was just a few words of encouragement. Obviously, with a player as important as him, and as well liked and respected in this room as him, just to know that he's feeling a little bit more upbeat gives a lift to the team. It was just nice that his spirits were a little higher than they were yesterday.

It was over halfway through the first period. They came out and totally exposed us and embarrassed us.

It's certainly not his fault. He's been so unbelievable for us that he's last guy you'll ever blame for anything. ... He has really taken the team, the city, the fans, everything on his shoulders and has carried us right to where we are now.

It's certainly not his fault. He's been so unbelievable for us that the last guy you'll ever blame for anything is (Huet).