So, there was no sweep. But Stars head coach Dave Tippett was very tempered in his postgame press conference. Here's what he had to say about his team's 2-1 loss to the Sharks on Wednesday night:
... We had five stick penalties and one over the boards. The after-effects of that are huge because you are taxing a lot of players who kill penalties. You have to control your stick. Without Barnes, you lose a lot too. We need to do better there.
... These are very tight games. A save here, a save there, it decided the outcome. Now, we have to back on the road and try to win there.
... (On the shorthanded goal) Those are uncharacteristic mistakes by Zubie. Those are mistakes that you'd like to see cleaned up. He's not trying to make them, but they happened. That's a way to give them momentum in hurry.
... We still have a 3-1 lead but we recognize that they're going home and they're going to get some life out of this. We have to regroup and go into game five and win another road game. It's a challenge for us.
... When you have an opportunity to close a team out and you don't -- they won a game and have life and feel good about that. This series has been pretty close. We found a way to win three times, and they did tonight. Our focus is on the next game.
-- Keeli Garza
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