"There's really no excuse. We've been going over it and working on things in meetings and talking about it amongst ourselves, and maybe we needed to feel what it's like to get kicked in the teeth and not come back. Hopefully it's a lesson learned here and we can realize the way we played the last half of that game for sure was a little bit hungrier for sure, more assertive, and in units of five. That's what we need to do right from the start." -- Lightning defenseman Ryan McDonagh
"We have four solid lines. On any given night, I think any line can propel us to a win. We came to play today. I think everybody came to play today. We just want to continue to get better, continue to work at it. The more we can produce offensively, the better. But we know our role and we know that we're out there to provide energy, try to shut down other teams from scoring. Some nights we come out on top of the scoring battle as well." -- Islanders forward Matt Martin