It's my fault we lost the game. I must take advantage of those chances, but it was not my day. |
It's very important because it is my first game in NHL and I must prove to myself I can play in this league, |
My first goal is to help the team. |
My time in the NHL goes so fast. I remember when I came to Toronto to my agent's house. I just started the preseason. And now it's half season, and now the Olympics. |
No, I am not nervous, |
Of course, I'm looking forward to playing against Sidney Crosby because he is a very good player, ... But there are many other talented players in the NHL that I'm looking forward and excited to play against. |
Right now it will be a new tournament and if you lose you go home. |
That was one of my most important goals in my career. So tomorrow I'm going to try and score another goal that will rank even more important. |
The only goal we score was on penalty shot, ... There were many penalty. First period we play [with] four players. We gave first period away. We not played good. Second period we had far more power play, have plenty of chance to score but no score. Buffalo score goals. We got to score. |
They have good forwards, good defencemen, ... but nobody knows who the goalie is. |
This is special, very special, for our country. |
This is the first season after the lockout and it is different for every team, ... Of course, the lockout has been a factor [for the Capitals]. But anything is possible if a team can play better than expected with heart and passion and a lot of hard work. |
We are definitely picking up on the power play, trying different things. |
We came here to win, the first period we played well, but Toronto won the third, |
We came out and played hard. I'm happy to score three goals to win this game. It's my first hat trick in the NHL and it feels like my first goal in the NHL. |