Alain Vigneault
On the shorthanded goal, "there is no doubt, we had 5 guys standing around and looking at two of their players making plays in front of our net. Without a doubt that put us behind the 8-ball early in the third. I thought we came out good in the first period but we only got 5 shots. We spent a lot of time in their end but didn't get much for it. In the second period we made two puck decisions that were wrong and it ended up in the back of our net. Then you give this team a two-goal lead with that shorthanded goal we gave up there. It makes it real hard and they deserve to win, we didn't make enough plays with the puck."
On the PP, "they got a goal that they shouldn't have got, like I mentioned, 5 guys just looking at them do what they want in front of our net. We got one right back after, just had a hard time making plays in their end. You gotta give them credit, they played a good game. We seem to have issues in this building right now, nothing we can do about that, we gotta get ready for our next game. Practice Saturday and the best team in the league on Sunday."
"When you've got five guys just standing around looking at two of their players making plays in front of our net - without a doubt, that one put us behind the 8-ball early in the third," "They got a goal there that they shouldn't have gotten."
Henrik Lundqvist
On their intensity in the second, "we had a stretch in the second where they came hard and we made it hard on ourselves with a couple of turnovers that cost us. Overall it's a good game, I feel that the third one is a killer, it's our PP and sometimes when you have an extra man you might rely on someone else to do the job and I think that is what happened. We didn't communicate enough in front of the net, we had the guys back but we didn't sort it out. That was the difference. Overall it was a good game, we worked hard and had some chances but when we gave that one up it was a tough hill to climb."
How close were you to covering up the puck, "it was right there, he kept hacking and whacking and the puck kept bouncing. It was right there and when it ended up behind I thought we had the coverage. We had 4 guys back but we didn't sort it out and it cost us. In a game like this where we had some good looks 5 on 5, special teams can decide the game and it did."
"I feel like the third one is a killer," "On our own power play - sometimes when you're an extra man, you might rely on someone else to do the job and I think that's what happened. We didn't communicate in front of the net because we had the guys back. We just didn't sort it out. That was the difference, I think, because overall it was a good game. We worked hard and had some chances, but when we gave that one up it was a tough hill to climb."
Marc Staal on Andrew Ladd's Goal
"I just thought I had a little more time than I did," "I thought Hank stopped it and when I realized he didn't, I've just got to make a better play on the puck … that one is on me."
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