This is really big. I can't imagine what's going on in Russia right now.

They used their power to try to get it to the crease and jam it. We tried to use the pass and our speed.

They were missing some good players. I don't know why.

Skill and power don't mean anything. You need heart and you need everyone on the team believing that they can win.

We're fighting for the eighth spot in the playoffs, we knew how important this game was.

We faced a lot of tough teams on this road trip. But we changed a lot of things before this game and played better defensively. We had better control of the puck. It's like we started from scratch. I've seen the changes, I think we can turn this thing around. We've got most of our guys back (from injury). Hopefully this was the start.

On the road, just like anybody else, we try to be patient and see what they can bring. We expected them to be more aggressive at home, but it looked like every time we tried to push it there was no reaction from them. So we just continued to keep pushing.

This tournament is all about mistakes. If you see every game, a team makes a mistake and the other team scores. All the turnovers because the ice surface is so wide – you have so much space to make a play.