Here's a summary of Hakstol's post-game comments:
Lawson was the story of the game. You come into a building against a team that hasn't had much success offensively and give up a couple of quick goals.
We gave them 7 minutes of power plays in the first 10 minutes. We got behind 2-0 and had to play catchup against an extremely hot goaltender.
I thought we needed a goal toward the end of the first peroid. We had a pretty good second period but couldn't get anything past Lawson. There were rebounds to have, but we didn't get to them.
When you lose, some negatives get emphasized and I see a lot of them. This is a tough loss, not one we can take lightly. A great effort with 50 shots, but we had to win this game.
We had some guys with heavy legs, but they actually created a lot of opportunites. You can't control how the other goalie plays.
We had to get a couple of saves, there's no question about that. Phil needs to make some saves on the pucks he can see. He's coming back tomorrow night and we'll need a good performance from him.
I didn't think the penalty against Watkins was more than a 2-minute. Look at it on videotape. It shouldn't have been a penalty. There was a hit from behind on T.J. that was blatant.
Tonight was a night we especially needed to roll four lines. Oshie didn't show any tired legs, but Toews did.
Tomorrow night is a must win in January. We need better play in net. We need to finish and get rebounds. It will help tomorrow night if we can play with the lead.