- On the game, "I liked a lot of things that we did
tonight. We spent a lot of time in their end, didn't get enough for it.
Part of that is on us and part of that, give them a lot of credit, they
worked hard, blocked lanes and made
Derek Stepan said that last night the Rangers played "well" but "an error by me cost us a point." (The Record)
On the Rangers power play late in the third period Stepan tried to saucer pass the puck to Ryan McDonagh who lost it and saw Tampa go up the ice shorthanded to score the game winner.
Stepan said that he tried to make a play but put McDonagh in a "terrible spot." He said that he put too much "air" on the pass and it put McDonagh "in trouble." (NY Post)
He said that it was a "terrible play and it cost the team two points," adding "it just stinks." (NY Post)
Stepan said that "it was just stupid" and that "you have to make the easy plays." (NY Post)
it hard for us. At the end of the night this game is about two plays with the puck, two mistakes were made and they made us pay for it and we weren't able to make them pay enough for some of their mistakes." - On doing more to create offense, "we spent quite a bit of time in their end but couldn't get enough through. They did a good job of defending the lanes and taking options away."
- "Good? Thanks guys."
Following the Rangers loss to Tampa Bay last night, Henrik Lundqvist spoke on MSG about what he called an "extremely frustrating" loss.
He said, "It doesn't matter how many games you win and when you play you want to win every game and this one, the way that we lose is extremely frustrating."
He continued, "we fought the whole game to get back into it and we finally did and then we get this opportunity and we gave it away. It's frustrating, definitely."
On the game winning goal, Lundqvist said that he felt like he came acrossthe crease well but might have been too aggressive. He said that he and Ryan McDonagh probably could have worked together better to defend on that play.
Boyle was also penalized for roughing with JT Brown after Brown tried to engage Keith Yandle in a fight.
After the game, on MSG, Dave Maloney said "for sure it was his best game of the season and you have to think pretty hard if he had any better last season."
Maloney said that Boyle was all over the ice and was in the right position to find pucks.
Joe Micheletti said that Boyle was moving the puck quicker in last night's game than he had previously and that he was engaged, blocked shots and "made good plays."
He agreed with Maloney in saying that it was Boyle's best game of the year.
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