March 27 postgame quotes: Martin Jones

On the eighth straight road win:
We played hard. It was a good game today. Our penalty kill was probably the difference in the game against a really good power play. We did a great job all night. Guys blocking shots and getting in lanes and things like that. And then we got a couple, I don’t know if the second one was on the power play, it was right at the end there, but a couple big power play goals.

On anticipating this level of success during training camp:
I didn’t think about it too much to be honest. I was trying to make the team out of training camp. That was my only concern and given whatever opportunity I had, I tried to make the most of it.

On the disallowed Pittsburgh goal:
It was just a mad scramble in front. I wasn’t fully aware of what happened, but I felt like I got pushed in a little bit. I don’t know what happened, but obviously the refs made a judgment call. [Reporter: Did the referees say anything to you?] He didn’t signal a goal on the play, so I knew that that had to be conclusive to be a goal. Fortunate to get the call there and then come away with two points.

On finding a way to win games:
We’ve been such a good third period team all year. We’re such a confident group when we have a lead. Obviously the last few games have been, we’ve won in kind of different ways, but we’re a confident group and we know that we can hold on to a lead. And even when we’re down, we’re never really out of a game.

On playing in Pittsburgh:
That’s a skilled team over there. There are a lot of good players to play against. It was a fun game getting to play against Zatkoff, that was fun as well. [Reporter: Have you talked to Jeff Zatkof at all?] Yeah, I talked to him a little bit last night. He wasn’t sure if he was playing or not. It was a good game all around.

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