Murray postgame quotes (Oct. 13)

Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts…

(on the game…)
MURRAY: “The energy was there for a little while in the first period. I thought that, about after the three-minute mark of the first period until the 13-minute mark, there was good energy. We had some play going on that I liked. And then after we get into the second and the third, I thought we hit a bit of a wall there. I thought our legs really left us. Our energy was low. Not only does it happen now with play, with passing the puck and execution, but now you’re making those mistakes mentally, and a lot of those pucks came back at us.’’

(on getting one point in the first game back from Europe…)
MURRAY: “A point is always good, especially in these circumstances. I’m not satisfied with it, no. Coaches are never satisfied. We got a point. Give New Jersey a lot of credit. Give Jonathan Quick a lot of credit. I thought he got the point for us here tonight. He was very big at the right time, a couple breakaways there. Their top line, with Elias, was very dangerous, just about every time on the ice. At the end of the day, you got a point and you move on.’’

(on neutral-zone struggles in the second and third periods…)
MURRAY: “A lot of turnovers in the neutral zone, yes. That’s the way the game is today. We saw it with some teams in the league last year, and everybody is making the same adjustment in the neutral zone. Nobody is on the offensive side of the blue line anymore. They’re waiting for plays to come at them, and turnovers are happening. It’s the way the game is, the way it has evolved right now.’’

(on Quick’s ability to “steal’’ a point in a tough game…)
MURRAY: “He showed that last year. He got us big points last year. I think that maturity is the right word. He really understands that now we’re coming from overseas and it might be hard here, coming into a building that is very hungry. Going through what they went through last year, they’re going to be ready to play, and they come out with a lot of energy and really competed hard. So he understands that now, as a young goaltender, and he battled through a lot.’’