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Carter postgame quotes (June 2)

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Jeff Carter’s postgame thoughts…

Q. Jeff, what did you see on the game winner? What were your thoughts immediately afterwards?
JEFF CARTER: Well, it was a great play by the D. I think it was Marty to get it up quick. Just tried to turn and get it to the net. I tried to hit Penns’ back door. It kind of popped out to me.
I had someone’s stick in the lane there. Just tried to get out of the way, get it on net.

Q. Jeff, you had some big ones in Philly. Where would this one rank?
JEFF CARTER: I think this is by far the biggest. I think it’s my first playoff overtime goal. It’s a huge one. It’s a big one for the team. Gets us a two‑game lead here. Gets us where we wanted to be coming in here.

Q. Jeff, are you looking for the blocker on that one or just shooting to put it on the net?
JEFF CARTER: Just looking for anything really (laughter).
Playoff hockey, you put it on the net as much as you can. It’s usually a cheesy goal. But Penns did a great job of getting right in front of Marty there. To be honest, I don’t even know if he saw around Penns, or if he saw the shot.

Q. Jeff, in the context of the last 12 months, the trade. A moment like tonight make up for a lot of that aggravation?
JEFF CARTER: Yeah, it’s a pretty special moment, I think. Obviously, anytime you get a chance to play in the finals, it’s exciting. But scoring an overtime goal Game2, put you up 2‑0, it’s pretty special.

Q. Were there any lessons you learned from the Philadelphia series that you carry over to this series?
JEFF CARTER: Being in Philly, we played against Marty a lot. Played against the Devils. I think for myself and Mike, we know a lot of their tendencies.
I think they’ve kind of opened their game up a little more than what we usually were. There’s still some things you have to adjust to. It definitely helps.

Q. You are nice and humble. It’s almost as if you’re underplaying the fact you scored two very artistic goals. Do you regard them in that way?
JEFF CARTER: A goal is a goal to me no matter how it goes in, so…
Dewey made a great play end‑to‑end. Great shot. Mine was lucky enough to find the back of the net with big Penns in front there.

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