‘”I think with any team, you’re not going to get to the net easy, and that’s why you get rewarded when you go there. You’ve got to pay the price, and to get there is not easy,” said Thompson following Tuesday’s loss. “I think as a team, we can do a lot better job of staying in there and getting second chances. And if our [defensemen] are getting their heads up at the blue line and they see that there’s no one in there, it’s tough on them to release the puck and shoot it, because it’s an easy save for the goalie. We’ve got to get down there and take the eyes away, and battle if we want to score to win games. That’s one of the things we’ve got to be better at.”‘