We came out and took over in the second period. They looked like a tired team. |
We came out flying. Not many goalies in the league would have stopped the chances we had in the first 10 minutes. |
We can play better and we expect to play better. We play some of our best hockey on the road. If you're expecting easy, open-ice goals against this team, you're not gonna get it. But I don't think there's anyone in this locker room who doesn't think we can win in Edmonton. |
We didn't get off to a great start. But from the 10-minute mark of the first period for the rest of the game, we played a pretty strong 50 minutes. |
We expected a big challenge. We knew we were going to have to win a game on the road. We've proven we can this season. |
We killed those penalties off, and we gained a lot of momentum from that, |
We lost a couple players and our rotation got a little messed up. We found a way to win. Obviously, this is a team on the other side that has been finding ways to win. There's no quit in Columbus. We knew they were going to come back. We maybe have to show a little bit more poise in our own end late in games. |
We lost some guys from last year, but I think they did a good job of keeping this team intact, and we think we've got another good shot at a Cup here. With Colorado, it's always going to a special game for both teams. There's been such a great history of great hockey between us. |
We rolled four lines, we got a lot of gritty effort from a lot of different people at both ends of the ice. People talk about our ability to score, but we've also got a great ability as a team to play great defense. |
We were all hoping he would get it. I asked him before the third period and he said he didn't think he'd had one since before Scotty (Bowman), I was like, that's a long time. |
We were in such control, and then to give it away like that, it's just embarrassing. It summed up the whole series. We were playing great hockey, playing great hockey, and then it was a 6-7 minute collapse. Who has an answer for that? |
We've played a lot of catch up hockey. That's not good. Our start is very important. It's time for us to come out with a lead and have them play that catch up hockey, which we've been doing. |
When we were playing with the lead, it forced them to open up a little bit. The onus is on us to break the trap. |
You don't spend that much time cheering for guys on other teams in the playoffs that much. But Darren is a good guy and with all the things he's been through, it was nice to see him have good fortune for a change. |
You prepare yourself the same against every team. You'd like to have that type of success against every team. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I can't explain it. |