Murray postgame quotes (9/27)

Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts…

(on Bernier having to face 41 shots…)

MURRAY: “It’s good that he got lots of work. He played very well and he made some very big stops against some of their better players. That’s what this training camp is about, when you get to games like this. You don’t have a full lineup, and they don’t, but their best players created chances, and that’s OK.’’

(on the Penguins’ domination of the third period…)
MURRAY: “I thought it maybe even happened during the second half of the second period. We made real strong decisions in the first period, and then the one shift with Stoll and Brown and King, they had a really good extended shift in the second period, but after that, then we got away from managing the puck to give us more looks like that. And they [the Penguins] started to get those turnovers and they were attacking hard with four. So we put ourselves in a little bit of a situation there, where we relied on our goaltender a little too much.’’

(on the strong penalty kill and power-play goal…)

MURRAY: “A huge kill on the 5-on-3, after a too many men on the ice. A big kill. They blocked some shots. Bernier made some big stops on it. Then, at the end of the day, coming back and tying it at the critical time. That was a critical play, stuff that you want to see with the shot mentality by Stolly, and then coming back on the back side with the D man. Right place at the right time.’’

(on Bernier’s play…)
MURRAY: “Bernier looked very sharp. Again, this was a real good test for him, I thought, with Malkin in the lineup. They probably had three-quarters of their team going here tonight. He had a good performance. I’m sure he looked at the other end and saw one of his buddies there, in Fleury. The challenge was on, and they both played well.’’