Center Ryan Kesler of the struggling Ducks had a good deal to stay about staying positive and enjoying the game of hockey after a 4-1 loss Friday to the New York Islanders. Here’s some of what he said:

“Back to work tomorrow and we’ve got to come in positive. We’ve got the last 10 out of 14 points or whatever. We’ve got to start being positive around here. It’s been way to negative. We have to realize we’ve been playing good hockey. We just haven’t had the bounces. Just relax and play. It shows on the ice.

“We’ve just got to keep staying positive and bring that fun energy to the rink. The last couple of days it hasn’t been fun, to be honest. We’ve got to bring the positive energy like it was last year and we’ll be fine. We played pretty well for spurts in this game. We’ve got to get that energy back.

“There’s been spurts. It all comes back to the mindset and just being positive. It’s the whole group. The whole group has to get back to having fun and winning. … Even when they scored early, I thought our guys battled back. It’s a mindset. We’ve got to get back to having fun again and it being loose around here. It’s like walking on eggshells around here right now. We’ve just got to get back to having fun and enjoying hockey again.”