Crawford quotes

``We knew before the game that we captured their attention with how we played in San Jose. We knew they were going to be better. Our goal was to be better ourselves, but I thought tonight we had too many passengers. When playing a team of that caliber, you need to have everybody -- all hands on deck.''

``They didn't give us a great deal tonight. I thought, in the third period, we at least generated some chances. They're a team that, when they get a one goal lead, they're very adept at protecting it.''

``I thought the second period, which has been our strength the last couple of games, was probably our weakest tonight. I thought we did a decent job in the first period and, in the second, we just couldn't muster anything. Again, I thought in the third period we did generate some attack. We got some shots through but they were equal to the task.''

``We absolutely would have loved to have been in first place but we're not. There's nothing for our team to be ashamed about. We're playing a lot better at this time this year than we were at this time last year. We got to be about improvement. Every day we put on our skates, our goal as a team is to make subtle improvements in our game. We are getting better, although tonight was a hard game for our fans to see that.''

On the long layoff: ``I think it's going to be beneficial for our group. Some of the older players will get a couple of days off. We'll do a little bit of team building for the group and have some great practices later in the week. It's a division month for us so it shouldn't be a problem for our team to get up (after the layoff).''