The Calgary Flames lost to the St. Louis Blues by a 5-3 score on Thursday night. Here are selected reactions from players following the game.

“I just thought they were better, especially obviously the first 40 minutes they out-competed us and that can’t happen. Pretty disappointing loss. Being down 5-1 we took chances in the third. There were moments, but at the end of the day it comes down to we have to be way harder on pucks, way harder to play against than that.” – Flames captain Mark Giordano on the loss.

“I think it was pretty evident, I think everybody saw that for whatever reason we came in and weren’t ready to go. You’ve got to know your opponent. That’s a desperate club, they don’t want to lose three in a row.” – Flames forward James Neal on the loss.