“Our work ethic was there, our compete was there, our minds weren’t there,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said.
“Sometimes it’s enticing, you want to try to thread something, you see an open guy, but you’ve got to be disciplined and know that they’ve got great defensive players and keep everything to the outside,” defenseman Ryan McDonagh said.
“Just trying to make a play there and you can see what can happen, they can go the other way and it can be the difference in a game,” Stamkos said.
“They’re a very well-structured team and they compete really hard, but you know what, if they have good structure, you just put it behind them,” forward Alex Killorn said.
“When teams step up, that’s when you can chip it by them and create 2-on-1s, create 3-on-2s,” Killorn said.
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