Drew Doughty’s postgame thoughts…
(on the game…)
DOUGHTY: “We need to be working harder. That’s one thing that we’re not doing. We’re not doing the little things right. It’s not really about Xs and Os. It’s just about competing and outworking the other team, and that’s something we haven’t been doing lately, so that’s definitely something we’re going to fix.”
(on the losing streak…)
DOUGHTY: “After (the four-game win streak), we haven’t played the same way. I don’t know if we got too cocky or what it was, but definitely, going into the next one, there’s no way we can lose.”
(on the game…)
DOUGHTY: “We weren’t doing the little things. We weren’t going hard in the offensive and defensive zones. In the last five games, we’ve let in too many goals against. It’s definitely something we need to correct. It’s (not fun) losing that many in a row but we can’t be feeling sorry for ourselves. We need to get right back into it and the next game is a must-win.”
(on the end of the game…)
DOUGHTY: “It obviously (isn’t fun) to be booed by our own fans. They’re so supportive when we’re winning but obviously they can be critics at the same time. They pay to see us play every night so we’re going to make sure that doesn’t happen again.”
(on the 0-4 start to the homestand…)
DOUGHTY: “There’s no way we can’t win the rest of the homestand. It’s so important to win these at home because we go on the road for pretty much the whole month of February. These are really important for us and we’re going to try to figure it out.”
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