Markov raised his game to the level I thought he would. |
Mike Ribeiro demonstrated during the 2003-04 season how much of a force he can be. His creativity, his passing skills and his vision make him one of the key components of our offence. |
My story for the players has been getting away from eighth and focusing on seventh. We are not worried about the Bruins because they have other teams to jump ahead of before they get to us. |
Once we got down a couple of goals I think we went into shock and at that point, really the game tonight was over. Our team stumbled hard early in the game, and really by the 5-minute mark of the first period the outcome of the game was established. |
One-goal games are easy to hide behind. One-goal games are two goals away from winning, and that's a lot in the NHL. |
Ottawa, as they were in Ottawa, were really in control in the first period. |
Our power play hung in there. Even though we didn't get the ultimate reward of a goal, we had possession time in the offensive zone, we had shots, we had scoring chances. If they're working at it and doing the things you need to do to create chances but not scoring, it's still positive for your team. |
Our team was stumbling and bumbling and we didn't have a player really who was committed to doing what they needed to do. |
Right now he seems so stable and consistent. Tonight he probably made eight, 10, 11, 12 difficult saves, but it's hard to pick them out because he's in position, he's in position early and he's making the stops. |
Right now, every time he plays, it's like a challenge. He was well rested, he was ready and he needed to be because his counterpart in the other net was also sharp. |
Right now, we're in a playoff position and if we get some points in our final game, we're going to the playoffs. The other teams can't say that. |
Something that we've seen in Cristobal in his normal character is that he isn't nervous or suffer from anxiety. |
Taking the point after being behind two goals is a pretty good result for us. |
That may change, but right now we're at the time of the year when playing games, results and standings are what's important. |
That power-play goal, the first goal we scored .... was a nice message for our team that we were in the game and skate with them. |