No question, on the bench at that point, it was like the fans - a sigh of relief. And we started to play much better after that. |
Now it's a matter of getting a full practice in, hopefully at some point this week. |
Obviously, we can't give up six or seven goals a night, ... It's almost too easy for the other team. We have two of the better goaltenders in the league, and we have a defensive corps that together is pretty solid when they play. We have to find a way to get them to do their job better than they're doing it right now. |
Obviously, we can't give up six or seven goals a night. It's almost too easy for the other team. We have two of the better goaltenders in the league, and we have a defensive corps that together is pretty solid when they play. We have to find a way to get them to do their job better than they're doing it right now. |
Obviously, without him, we had a tough time getting the puck out of our own end. |
Our guys regrouped, came back and played pretty well. I don't think we gave up another scoring chance after they got the third one, but you don't like to let people get in the game. |
Our players took it as an opportunity to play a solid two-way game. That was as solid as we've played as a group all season. |
Ray looked a little shaky on some, but no one (was playing that well). We weren't playing the game the way we're supposed to win the game. |
Ray looked like he was hurting a bit. He was stretching after every whistle. We'll give him (today) off and see how he is after that. |
Ray really battles and is playing well. He looks very confident now in his play. They had some chances and he did a real good job. Emery just wouldn't give anything up. |
Ray was solid tonight. He came up pretty big when he had to. |
Saves like that sometimes turn a game around. |
That was on me. I said to the guy that he put us down two men after missing two calls on us and he said to me, 'Do you want to go to the box, too?' Then, he gave me the penalty and we got two more minutes. |
That was the difference really in the game, the second period. We had battled back, we didn't look very sharp in the early going, then we kind of played ourselves back into the game, and then the power play for them did us in. |
That was the only time I didn't start them (killing a penalty). They are really doing a job. Being in the underdog role might be to their benefit. |