“We haven’t allowed negativity to creep in even when it’s gotten frustrating. That’s been a focal point. We’ve had one team discussion up to now, but there have been a lot of player-to-player talks, a lot of discussion within the leadership group.

“If we weren’t playing hard, that would be one thing, but that’s not the case.

“So we’re not getting down. We know what we have to do as a team. We know what we are.”

-Jacob Trouba, captain of the New York Rangers/ Larry Brooks of the New York Post has more.