Murray postgame quotes

Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts…

MURRAY: “I thought the start of the game was fine. They scored. I didn’t like that first goal they got. I didn’t like it at all. After that, we broke down in a lot of areas. We make it a 2-1 game, and they come right back and score again. But in the second period, we lost composure in the D zone. We really looked loose, and no composure with the puck to make plays. We actually gave them a lot of opportunities, off our own giveaways and turnovers and careless play.”

(on what he didn’t like about the first goal…)
MURRAY: “I don’t like it going through goaltenders. I don’t like that. [pause] I just don’t like it.”

(on defensive breakdowns in front of Bernier…)
MURRAY: “That’s a big part of it. The third goal, they break out from behind their own net and they’re carrying it the full length of the ice, basically, going through five guys. That’s on us. That has nothing to do with the goaltender there. Then it comes to a rebound for a quick shot. We’ve got a lot of work to do. We’ve got a lot of cleaning up to do. They were winning all the races to loose pucks, all the battles along the boards. They played very well. I’ve only seen them play a few times this year, but that’s as good as Montreal has played, in my eyes, this year. They beat us.”

(on where things started to go wrong during this slide…)
MURRAY: “Well, it’s not the total game though. We go back, and we didn’t play well in San Jose. We came home and we had a good game for two periods. We had a tie game going into the third, and we lose it. We have a one-goal game going into the third in the next game, and we lose it. So it’s not a total, three-period breakdown. We’ve played very well. We’re just not finishing it the right way, the way we have been able to shut down games. Right now, there’s a little bit of frustration settling in, because this thing keeps rolling. We’ve got to work through it. That’s all there is to it.”