Murray postgame quotes (Oct. 22)

Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts…

(on Jonathan Quick’s shutout…)
MURRAY: “Any time a goaltender gets a shutout, obviously everybody contributes and the defensemen are doing a big job. You’ve got to give the goaltender a lot of the credit. He’s focused, he’s dialed in to the play and aggressive to the shots, and I thought tonight he was again on his game. He just followed up his game in Phoenix, where he probably playing as good as he has all year and brought the same game here tonight.’’

(on Johnson’s third game-winning goal of the season…)
MURRAY: “Well, how about that? It’s one of those plays — we talk about it often — where you just want to shoot the puck at the net. You don’t know what’s going to happen. In this case, it’s just a faceoff win and Scuderi passes across. That’s a tough play for a goalie. He’s got to come from the middle of the net, now, over to that one-timer that’s coming. There’s a lot of traffic. You’ve got their five players and you’ve got our three forwards down there in that mix, off the faceoff win, and that’s why it’s critical to get the puck on a clean faceoff and get it back. I think it went off one of their players and it ends up being the game-winning goal. That’s the way it goes in close games like this one here tonight.’’

(on the biggest part of Quick’s game, when he’s `on’…)
MURRAY: “Concentration. I think his mechanics, his technique, his style is in place. He’s a goaltender who is instinctive. He reacts to the play. But he does have a good foundation. To me, sometimes playing a lot of games, you lose your concentration for a short period of time sometimes. Right now, he’s dialed in.’’

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