The first seven minutes was as poorly as I've seen us play in a while. Our execution, our passing . . . we weren't crisp. We weren't alert. We deserved what we got. |
The game was won on the power-play goal when you consider the way the game was going, with not a lot of chances. |
The good part is that it was broke up by getting home for a day before Toronto, and now home for a few more days. It's now been broken down to a one-game trip, so it's a lot easier to digest. |
The great thing about our team, and has been all year, is that when one line is getting frustrated there's two or three other lines there to pick us up. |
The initial thought is, it shouldn't need surgery. |
The key to deserving the victory was the amount of battle we had in the penalty-kill situations. |
The last three games we got three points. Our concern is we want to continue playing well. The number of chances we're creating again and shots we're getting is the game we want to play. |
The math has been really good for us until tonight. |
The message this morning was we took a lot of pride in being a very disciplined club, and I thought we were undisciplined. I thought it started with myself behind the bench. We have to get the composure back, stay away from the officials and not worry about the call. We're going to get some, we're not gonna get some. We've taken a lot of pride in that, and I think we started using that as an excuse. We wiped that off the board again. |
The more they acted like idiots, the more we wanted to play. But we took advantage of some early plays, and they were great plays, but nothing to go down that road. |
The numbers say that the extra goals in the league have come from special teams, so you can look at it. We've got certain players that are key players, and they play the least amount of even-strength time, but they play the most amount of special-teams time. The opportunity to be a plus player in some of those situations isn't there. |
The one thing that's evident is that when some players got elevated in bigger roles, they've played even better. I still think there's players that have more to offer in a bigger role. They're always looking for a bigger role, and now they get their opportunity. |
The road's been a pretty tough place for most of the teams in this league. We just want to continue to push and continue to win these road games. |
The tempo we want to play at, he's able to pinch, he's able to get back; he has that mobility. |
The way we played in the second was the way they played in the third. They totally dominated and got us on our heels. It was great to see Marty shut the door. |