""Yeah, a little fired up there," he said. "I've done it before a couple times. Just thought that was the play, and was lucky enough for it to go in. Definitely was fired up. Wasn't too happy when they scored on their power play. I let a seam pass go through and they found the next seam, so I tried to get one back there, and found a way to get the extra.""
""(We were) trying to do too much," he said. "Playing against Carolina and Florida, they force you to play quick and simple. And these guys kind of sit back in a 1-3, and we weren't able to get through. Trying to make too many plays not go north, and put a lot of pressure on our D to go back for pucks, we made it hard on them. We need to clean that up.""
Dennis Hildeby provided strong goaltending that kept the game a one-goal contest despite offensive struggles. The team failed to score for the first 50 minutes until Scott Laughton converted a shorthanded breakaway slap shot. Laughton is on a three-game goal streak and has become an important depth contributor since returning late last month. Cole Caufield scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, forcing a shootout. Toronto earned one point from the shootout but not the regulation win. The team struggled in the middle frame, trying too many plays against a passive 1-3 look and creating added pressure on defensemen, an issue that needs cleaning up.
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