(Fleury) played well, but after a game like this, the bottom line is that we have to look at the way we played and the mistakes we made. If we want to make the playoffs, this is the kind of game we just can't have at this time of the year. |
A few times we lost the momentum again, with penalties. This is a team with a lot of offense up front and they're really going to capitalize on our mistakes. They did that early in the game, but we stuck with the game plan, came back and got some goals, and then at the end we got the bounces. They weren't pretty goals but we'll take them and get the first win. |
A lot of people were maybe having some doubts about how we were going to react (to losing ailing Alex Kovalev), |
A lot of teams go through a period of adversity through the year and hopefully this is the end of it for us. |
Each of their units got the goals, so they're effective. |
Everybody had to be honest. We couldn't go head-to-head with Russia. We couldn't go head-to-head with Canada. For us, it would have to be about playing as a team. |
Finally, we've got the (first) home win, |
For some reason we didn't get the best game out of us today. Sweden is a better team and they handled it better. |
He made saves when he needed to. It was not an easy spot for him. |
He made some amazing, amazing saves in the second period to keep us in the game. He was a really huge part of this win tonight. |
He played a great game but I don't think that was a factor. We didn't as well as we should have, and we can, and this kind of a defensive effort is not going to take us anywhere. |
He said that the surgery went well and he's really the happy the way it went, ... I know it was bothering him and, even though we're going to miss him for quite a long time here, we'd rather look at the big picture and get him back and hopefully he'll be healthy. |
He told us to stick with the game plan. He said, 'You keep getting the puck in their end and things will happen for us.' He probably didn't expect that we would have that kind of second period. |
He's a strong man, tough to maintain down low. |
He's been tremendous for us. We never even thought that he could be near as good as he's been. He's a big part of the reason we're in the playoffs right now. For us to be as successful, we need him. |