May 21 postgame quotes: Carter, Quick

Jeff Carter, on the importance of the late second period goal:
It was a huge goal for us. To be honest with you, I thought we were a little flat heading up to that goal. We got a bounce. The guys worked hard to get to the net. It gave us a little bit of life. Gave us a little bit of extra energy going into the third. Guys did a good job.

Carter, on whether the third period was the best period he had ever played:
I didn’t really have to do too much for them. Stood in front of them for the first one. Greener and Tanner made a great play on the second one. It was a good period, but didn’t really have to do too much.

Carter, on Tyler Toffoli’s goal:
Crawford made a good save. I don’t know if they thought it hit the netting, above the glass, or what. It seemed like everybody kind of stopped. Tanner and Tyler made a great play to keep going. There was no whistle.

Carter, on how often Quick makes an outstanding save in a comeback win:
A lot. Obviously we all know what Quickie brings to our team. We’re down 2-0, 2-1, he’s making saves like that. If we don’t go out there and give it our all, try to get that next goal, we’re letting him down. He saves our butts a lot. I guess we’re happy that we could help him out tonight.

Carter, on whether the Kings were making adjustments or sticking to the game plan:
Just sticking with what we need to do. You know, we got a good group of leaders in our room. We’ve been through comebacks and whatnot a lot lately. Obviously not something we want to do. But we stick with it, grind it out, get the job done.

Carter, on the power play:
Their penalty killers do a great job of getting in lanes. Their ‘D’ front a lot of pucks. It’s tough to get them through. We got two pucks tonight all game and they both ended up in the net. It’s still something we need to improve on, but it’s a good start.

Jonathan Quick, on the two-on-one save on Brent Seabrook:
It was a two-on-one. I forget who he was with. He just passed it across. Seabrook is a right shot, so it was a different angle than if it was a one-timer opportunity. Just trying to get it over the post. Fortunate to get a piece of it.

Quick, on whether the team can build momentum from the win:
I mean, it’s tough to say whether momentum carries over from game to game. But, obviously it’s just from the series standpoint, you know, being tied going home as opposed to being down 2-0. You know, obviously we did a lot of good things. There’s stuff to build on. But at the end of the day, it’s 0-0 when we take the ice for the next game. You just try to win 60 minutes.

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