There's pressure. Hopefully, it's going to bring out the best in everybody here, the pressure that we have on our shoulders right now. |
These were big points and I like the way we responded. We pushed (fifth-place Minnesota) behind more, and we moved forward. |
They have some guys I was close to, but they'll hit me, I'll hit them. It's all part of the game. |
They played strong and they played desperate. They had the bounces go their way tonight, but they created that. They are a great team, and we knew it would be tough to close them out. |
They played well, they took advantage of the power play and they had a couple bounces going their way. That's the playoffs. We had that in the first three games. I don't think they played bad in the first three games, we just had the bounces going our way, and tonight was their way. |
They were a little more desperate than us tonight. But it's the playoffs. You just can't give them any life, so we have to go into their building and win there. |
They won't go down without a fight. They are known for that and it starts from the back of their net with Turco and goes on up. |
They're (among the best) in the league for a reason. They just put pressure on. |
This is what the NHL wants. It's stressful for everyone around here, but that's OK. |
We got a little turnover. Richardson is playing really well for us. It was a great feeling to score here. I'm a Montreal native and everyone at home was watching. |
We have a curse. It's unbelievable. We just had Brad Norton go down, and it was an ugly injury, too. Injuries are something that you just can't control. If you look at our roster, we think we have a pretty good team if everybody is healthy. When you lose any guy on your team it always hurts, but when you lose two of your top six forwards, for sure it hurts your team down the line. |
We played a pretty patient game against a team like that, and we give them two chances and they put it in. We didn't sit back. Turco made great saves. It could have been 4-0 at one point. He made saves here and there. We kept putting pressure on them. |
We're climbing. I should know, I'm watching the standings every morning. But we want to make sure we're in better shape. |
We've got to pick it up in St. Louis and Chicago. We all knew it was going to be a challenge going down to the end. Everybody's got to pick their game up. |
When you keep a team like that in the game, that's what is dangerous. They just need a couple chances and they'll win the game like they did (Thursday night). |