From the Red Wings locker room

Here's some thoughts from the Detroit locker room, compiled by the Kings, after Monday's shootout loss.

RED WINGS HEAD COACH MIKE BABCOCK:

(Re: game recap): "Going into the third period, we had a tough early goal that got in, but you just got to stay determined and we were able to post a turnover and bury the Kings."

(Re: Kings): "The staff does a good job here in Los Angeles, you have six forwards that any team would love to have. They have a lot of the pieces here and are going in the right direction."

(Re: Playing after winning the Stanley Cup): "I'm not sure that we have avoided a slump, I don't know if there's anything to what people say after you win. We had the same summer that we had last year, and it's really a matter of getting your game together and seeing what happens. Hopefully we can stay healthy. We have the leadership, skill level and we play hard."

RED WINGS CENTER HENRIK ZETTERBERG:

(Re: game recap) "It was a tight game and they had a solid defense. They took advantage of our mistakes, but we played better defense today and didn't let them shoot as much. But, the teams have been able to shoot a little too much on our goal and today there was not much progress with that. So, hopefully we can stick with it and improve our defense and decrease the shots on goal. Even though we haven't played our best, we are just getting our wings and we can improve."

RED WINGS GOALIE CHRIS OSGOOD:

(Re: game recap) "We were confident, and we stay the course no matter what the score is or how we are penalty-wise. We just kill the penalties that we have and continue to play. We've been successful most of the time. We been a little lucky lately, and we haven't been as good as we wanted to be."