“I don’t know if it’s staying with the game plan or whatever, but you’re in a battle. You can’t just say, ‘Okay I’m going to stop battling.’ We had a good first period or whatever. The other team’s coming out. Sometimes I get the feeling we want to play as hard as we just need to. That’s not how I operate. That’s not how you win in this league.”

-Barry Trotz, Washington Capitals head coach after losing to Arizona 6-5. More on the game from Alex Prewitt of Capitals Insider.