I knew it was basically a free play for us. When Joe got that puck I was screaming at him pretty loud, and obviously Joe knows how to find guys. I was in the perfect place and did the easy part. Joe did all the work. |
I think a lot of teams are playing a lot right now, so that would be a poor excuse. |
I think there was an overall lack of intensity on our part. I don't think there was a whole lot of intensity from either side, really. We need to play our own game. It seemed like it was going to be a defensive battle and we were just willing to commit to that instead of going after them like we usually do. |
I think we had a big edge. It felt like we controlled the games for the most part right from the get-go. |
I went to get the puck and they waved icing off at the last second. I saw him coming out of the corner of my eye. I was against the boards so I was going to eat the puck. He came in high. I don't know if he came in with an elbow but he definitely left his feet. |
It's just a matter of time, and you don't have as much time. It's the same thing we try to do to other teams, take away time and space. You can force guys to make plays quicker than they want to and for almost every player, that's the toughest thing to do. |
It's nice to get a couple of days off to rest and recoup. Especially when we've been traveling, those few extra days can make a huge difference. |
Realistically, a lot of what they're doing offensively is helping us. The forwards are doing a great job right now of working low. And basically that allows our defense to step up and it makes the play that much cleaner coming back. |
That's a huge advantage going into overtime knowing we're on the power play. Basically the game was in our hands at that point, and luckily we capitalized. |
The puck was in a good place and I shot it as hard as I could. I knew I was in a good spot and I yelled as loud as I could for the puck. Joe Thornton did all the work, I had the easy part. |
They were giving us opportunity after opportunity in the second period. We just really needed to bury one of those chances, but we didn't. More often than not, when stuff like that happens, it comes back to bite you. |
This is really what we needed. I'm praying we can get a little more consistency for the last part of the year, get a winning streak going and see what happens. |
This was a huge win for us. Earlier in the year we hadn't played these guys very well. We are treating every game like it's a playoff game right now and each point is important. |
We didn't take the game for granted, but I don't think our effort was like it's been. |
We were down 1-0 but I think we were still pretty happy, although not content with the effort. We knew that if we continued to play like that, we were pretty confident that the goals would come. In the end we were rewarded. Even though we didn't score any goals, we set the tone in the first period. |