"I think when you're in the playoffs, a seven-game series, you've got to take the positives," he said. "It's the same old story, but it's what we have to do."

"That's a give and take," said Manitoba centre Craig Darby, who had a splendid outing last night. "I thought [Jimmy Howard] played great, made some key saves. But we've got plenty of talent in this room, offensively and our power play started to get going. We had plenty of chances.

"Should we feel good about the game? I don't know. But we shouldn't be sour about it. We've got to keep our heads up. Thursday's another game."