Hakstol's comments:
We knew it would be a good game from the start. It was a better game than the one here last year. Maybe it was not as hardnosed, but it was better played.
We moved the puck very well in the first period. They're very aggressive in all zones. It can create opportunities when beat the pressure, and we were doing that.
They came out with a huge flurry at the start of the third. We weathered it after giving up a goal. Fabian's goal was an ugly one, but it looked pretty from where I was on the bench.
Both goalies played very well tonight. Phil might have won us a game tonight, but it was a real good goaltending battle tonight. Both goalies made some great saves.
Our first goal was great power play play. It was a great pass, a great shot. The second one, two or three of our guys could have got it, but somehow it even got through Phil.
We hurt ourselves in the second period with three penalties in a row. We can't take those penalties. It really drained our energy left when we got back to 5 on 5 in the period.
We had to juggle our lines when Kozek went off early in the first. We had some guys who backed off in the second.
It was a very, very good win for our team. I liked our composure in the last minute a half. We did a great job of keeping the puck down in their zone and not letting the goalie get off the ice. That shows a little bit of growth.