Hakstol pre-game comments:
Same feeling as last night, disappointed about last night's game. We had two or three plays that were high risk with not a lot of reward possible. As soon as we went up 2-0, our mentality changed a little. We didn't give up a lot, but when we did, it really hurt us.
We have to take pride in taking care of every situation. Right now, there's 9 good and 1 mistake. We have to eliminate some of those mistakes. You really start to break things down when things aren't going our way and right now, things aren't going our way. You can't go over the edge. Until things turn a little bit, you have to play a little better.
On the offensive side of the game we had a minimum of 14 or 15 grade A opportunities. That has to change until we can put them away. The one side you can control is the defensive side of the game, and we have to do that.
We're competing hard. I guess the real issue is that you have to close those games out. We have to go back and have a better effort. Our effort was good last night, but we have to have absolute effort. We went back to some different lines earlier in the week. Miller is going to stay up with Oshie and Duncan. Gives us a chance to see other lines. Last night, the Zajac line took a step back, and they know they have to be better. They're going to have the opportunity to go back tonight. Kozek will play with Trupp and Frattin.
It's becoming a hard decision who to take out. We made the decision last night to take LaPoint out last night. Jake made one error last night that cost us a goal, but that's not a consistent thing with his game. Right now, we're going to stay with the veteran lineup. LaPoint will be in tonight and Jake is out.