Special teams have been big for us all year. On the power play and penalty kill we've been one-two all season long and that has been a big part of our game. We count on at least one or two power play goals per game.

It was a pretty rough go right off the bat. Some guys out early with separated shoulders and bruised ribs, a couple of bleeding lips and cuts over the eye. Good, old playoff hockey. The team that wanted it a little more in the end I think got the win.

Larson was huge. He's been a game-breaker all year long. Nobody doubts what he can do when he comes to play. He's solid, big, takes up a lot of net space and he has some amazing reflexes. He has good rebound control and he knows how to make the clutch saves when they need to be made.