Murray postgame quotes

Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts…

(on the game…)
MURRAY: “It was a good game. That was a very good game. That was a solid effort by both teams. Both teams have been playing a lot. They’re coming off three in four (night) and that’s five in seven for us. That was intense, that was compete, and there was lots of good plays happening.”
 
(on the 5-on-3 penalty kill…)
MURRAY: “That was just a gigantic kill. We won some pucks. We had opportunities to clear a couple and we didn’t quite get it out. The three guys that are on the ice there, the two D and the forward and Quicker, they did a good job reading, holding their position, a lot of intensity. We had to call a timeout, because we wanted to stick with the same two defenseman, and they came through for us.”

(on Setoguchi’s goal…)
MURRAY: “We don’t get the puck deep. That’s all it is. We just don’t get the puck deep. It’s off a simple faceoff win, at the offside dot at the offensive blue line. That’s a play where they have five guys over the top of you. That puck has got to get it hard. We turn it over, they counter right back and now our gap is too big.”

(on calling the penalty-kill timeout…)
MURRAY: “We wanted to stay with the same two defensemen, Greene and Scuderi. They are the two veteran guys that are big bodies and can block a lot of shots. About halfway through the penalty kill, they did an outstanding job. We got to switch up Zeus and Kopitar, but the two defenseman, we wanted to stay with it.”

(on the game…)
MURRAY: “When you take a look at the end of two periods, we’re basically doing a lot of good things. Our shot count is up, we have a lot of really good scoring chances. I thought, in the offensive zone, that we were not creating enough traffic at their net. He saw a lot of pucks that were coming from up top. He’s a good goaltender, and he’s going to be a better goaltender if you don’t create a lot of havoc and get in his face on a consistent basis. I thought we were just inconsistent in that area. In the third period, once they scored with a minute and a half left in the second period, it’s an easy game for them, actually, to play five back, which they did. Now we have to battle and try to find a way, and we just couldn’t do it.”

Rules for Blog Commenting

  • No profanity, slurs or other offensive language. Replacing letters with symbols does not turn expletives into non-expletives.
  • Personal attacks against other blog commenters, and/or blatant attempts to antagonize other comments, are not tolerated. Respectful disagreement is encouraged. Posts that continually express the same singular opinion will be deleted.
  • Comments that incite political, religious or similar debates will be deleted.
  • Please do not discuss, or post links to websites that illegally stream NHL games.
  • Posting under multiple user names is not allowed. Do not type in all caps. All violations are subject to comment deletion and/or banning of commenters, per the discretion of the blog administrator.

Repeated violations of the blog rules will result in site bans, commensurate with the nature and number of offenses.

Please flag any comments that violate the site rules for moderation. For immediate problems regarding problematic posts, please email zdooley@lakings.com.