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"We really don't have any choice but to embrace it. We're not the only team in the League. There are 31 others that must get out on the road and play half their season there. Travel becomes a factor. Back-to-back games become a factor. It's not just about the Detroit Red Wings - everybody goes through this. The teams that are mentally strong and well-equipped handle it the way they should. The teams that are still working on it kind of fumble through it, and then there are the others. We certainly don't want to be either of those last two. We'd like to be the team that handles it well."

"They knew they needed to work and improve in certain areas, and it showed up in the game. Now, that's one night. We've been saying this basically all year, 'Can we bottle it? Can we travel with it? Can we maintain it?' We're still working hard on starts, trying to get out of the gate better than we have over the last few games."

"We really put what we practiced into the game. It showed. We didn't give up much, and I'm sure Todd would tell you there's probably tons of good and positive clips. Over the last week or so, with our tracking especially, that wasn't so positive. He gave us a little bit of a pat on the back today that we took what we practiced and taught to do into the game."

"Every point matters. I think the next challenge for us is, with how we play and skate, we're going to be in games. Where we're at in the standings right now, it's still very early, but teams are going to be coming for us. They're going to bring their best against us, and that's something we're not used to. When you're at the top of the standings, teams want to beat you. You have to be ready every night."