from Ted Kulfan of the Detroit News,

"We're not happy with the result, we didn't take a step in the right direction," forward Luke Glendening said. "We have to have some fortitude and grit in this room and get back at it."...

"We've talked about it as a group over the past six or seven games here, what we need to do," Glendening said. "Those are private conversations, obviously, but every guy in here is frustrated with the way we've been playing and sometimes the effort we've been giving.

"We each have to look personally in the mirror and see where we can be better."...

"Hard to explain, it was a terrible start," coach Jeff Blashill said. "They came out ready to play and we didn't come out ready to play, and ultimately that's my responsibility. They were on top of us, they were skating and winning battles and we weren't."

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