1.   By the third period, Lukowich said, the team is in a desperation mode.

2.   For more than a month, the Bruins have been in desperation mode.

3.   The Knicks were forced into desperation mode and, as has been the pattern when these two teams meet in the playoffs, the loser tends to bounce back.

4.   Then, the US went into desperation mode and attacked relentlessly.

5.   Lehtinen is still in pain but returned because Dallas is in desperation mode.