May 10 postgame quotes: Anaheim

Cam Fowler, on their play in front of John Gibson:
As a group, we have faith in whoever starts for us and obviously that’s Bruce’s decision and we all stand behind him whatever he chooses. We know the capabilities that Gibby has. For him to step in like this in such a critical moment and play the game that he did for us, it speaks a lot to the caliber of player he is and how good he could be.

Fowler, on getting the win despite not registering a shot on goal in the second period:
It’s funny how things work. We feel like we played two pretty good games in Anaheim and we come into LA down 0-2. They gave us everything they had tonight. I thought for the most part we did a good job limiting the really quality chances that they had and obviously Gibson made the saves that we needed. It’s not the formula that we were looking for, but it’s a win against a really good hockey team so we’ll take it.

Corey Perry, on John Gibson’s performance:
He did great. Like I just said, he’s calm back there and came in and did his business.

Perry, on getting the first goal of the game:
We talk everyday about being first in everything. When we can do that, it’s beneficial for us. We killed that power play and got a power play of our own and made it count. That was huge.

Perry, on the visiting team winning each game of the series thus far:
I don’t know. Whoever gets off to a good start. That’s all that we’re looking for is to get to a good start. We’re so close to home that it doesn’t feel like a road game, but coming into here it’s a tough building to play. Their crowd is into it. They’re a physical team when they’re at home. We knew we had to come out and be strong.

Ryan Getzlaf, on Anaheim’s rookies handling the pressure of the playoffs:
Some of these kids have been in bigger situations than I did. My first playoff experience, I think I was on the fourth line. I mostly played power play and penalty kill. My job was pretty clear. These guys have played some big roles and big minutes for us. It’s been awesome.

Getzlaf, on John Gibson starting in goal for Anaheim:
These guys have played great. We have no nerves or anything when any of these guys go in the net. They’ve played awesome for us. Gibby came in at the end of the year and played three or four outstanding games when we needed wins to secure the West. We have all the faith in the world in him.

Devante Smith-Pelly, on the teams developing a hatred for each other:
Yeah, we’re probably pretty tired of each other, tired of looking at each other every game. The hatred has gradually picked up and I expect it to stay that way the rest of the way.

John Gibson, on being called up to Anaheim:
I got the call on Friday that Freddy was hurt. I knew that I had an opportunity to play maybe. When I found out I was going to play I was just excited and knew the team had to get a win tonight.

Gibson, on how the team played in front of him:
They played really well, especially in the third period. Kind of sat back a little bit in the second, I thought we had a really good third period and finished it off strong.

Gibson, on feeling like he is the franchise goaltender:
I don’t think so. I don’t even know if I’m going to play the next game.

Gibson, on the difference between the playoffs in the AHL and the NHL:
It’s obviously a good league down there. I think it’s faster up here though. You have superstars on their team like Kopitar, Gaborik, guys like that, obviously Olympians. It’s just different. It’s faster. You have better players and they can find a tight spot. It’s just better than down there basically.

Bruce Boudreau, on his reason for starting John Gibson:
As soon as we called him up I thought about it. The overriding reason was I thought in today’s game, he’s been playing and he would give us the best chance to win. When it comes down to it, it’s like each individual game – I’ve said it before – it’s its own entity. Whatever lineup I put in I think it’s those guys. I may be wrong 99 out of 100 times, but I think this is the lineup that can win. And I got great feedback from everyone in our organization and they all agreed.

Boudreau, on the adjustments he made to win both games in Los Angeles:
I think, for the most part, our gaps have been really good. They started coming on an awful lot in the second period. I’m sitting there thinking that this Corsi statistic [stuff] is really going to come up. I’m going to hear about it for a while. We managed to win.

Boudreau, on Ryan Getzlaf’s play after Game 2:
He’s been the leader you expect him to be. He takes whacks. He comes in and gets another goal and an assist. He’s the guy that I can put out there for faceoffs and does a great job whether you put him out on the last minute. His hockey IQ is as high as anybody’s in the game today. He leads by example.

Boudreau, on holding off Los Angeles in the second period:
As long as they didn’t get one – I thought with their momentum and the way they were coming in the second period. As long as they didn’t get a goal, I thought we were in control. If they had got a goal, it might have got a little hectic. But they might have changed the way they played a little bit, I don’t know.

Boudreau, on being surprised by Martin Jones replacing Jonathan Quick:
A little bit, but at the same time I was saying on the bench in the first period that Quick didn’t look like himself. I’ve got so much respect for that guy. I think there is never a goal that goes in unless it bounces in off something. I’m sure he’ll be back in on Monday playing the best game of his life. But I was surprised a little bit.

Boudreau, on his starting goaltender for Game 5:
Jeez, I don’t know. We’ve still got Bobkov we haven’t used.