They played desperate hockey. They were especially desperate in the second period when they really came after me. |
They were skating more and they had the puck more than they had the last couple of games. They had more shots, they were shooting from everywhere with traffic. |
This is obviously the most important time of year. As a player, this is when you like to play ... and when you want to be on top of your game. I think on the ice is where (the game) is played. We all know they're a great team and they've got a lot of power. We'll respect that team but we'll have to do what we do best and concentrate on our team. |
We can't take chances like that. |
We didn't play our best game in Edmonton (in the regular season finale). But afterwards, the practices, I saw the intensity was so much higher. |
We had a lot of chances in the third, and they had some great chances, also, ... The guys played really well on that 5-on-3. We played well as a team and worked hard. We worked smart with and without the puck and got away with a win. |
We have a lot of speed and with the new rules, I think it's going to help us a lot. I'm really confident and happy with the players we've got. |
We lost the game, but we got a point, ... It's a huge point, especially the way Ottawa played. |
We needed two points in the standings. We've been sliding, so it was nice to see us respond. |
We played well defensively and we waited for our chances. That's how we're going to have success and that's the way we have to play at home. |
We're a bunch of guys who never give up and work really hard. As a goalie, that's fun to see. There's extra pressure because when you are down one goal, you want to make sure you keep your team in the game and you don't want to give up that next one because they are going to find a way to score. |
When it's not happening, for sure you don't like it but it's not the time to get down, it's the time to work twice as hard and keep working, working on details. A lot of players go through slumps and I'm going through a slump here but it's not like I'm the only guy in the league that's happened to. |
When you start you lose your focus, you don't play as well. You can't get distracted by good publicity or bad. You have to make sure you do your job and that's what he's been doing. |
You can be the best goalie or the worst goalie out there but when the playoffs start all the stats are back to zero. The guys came out flying and our team was focused. |
You see there's 16 seconds left and it's five-on-three, you don't expect to have a two-on-one, but that's something we have to learn from. It was a bad bounce, but we can't take chances like that. |