Gaborik, King talk MSG, Game 3

Marian Gaborik, on whether he’s “extra motivated” to play at Madison Square Garden:
Yeah, that gives you extra jump. It’s my first time coming back to the Garden after I got traded. I’m going to see the Garden after all the renovations for the first time, as well. You know, they have great fans. They’re going to be supporting them. We’re going to come out hard.

Gaborik, on any satisfaction in returning to New York as the playoffs’ leading goal scorer:
Well, obviously it’s nice to be up there. But, you know, it’s a team game and I’m grateful to be in my first Final as many years as I was in the league. Playing the Rangers makes it a little more special. They’re a good team, balanced team, as I mentioned before. Obviously, you know, the coaching change for them seemed to help. So, you know, like I said, coming to the Garden tomorrow will be special. We definitely want to have a better start, hopefully start with the lead. [Reporter: Can you imagine what this particular coaching change might have done for you in a Rangers’ uniform?] I haven’t really thought about it. I don’t look in the past.

Gaborik, on whether the Kings have “broken” the Rangers:
I don’t think so. They’re coming to their home building and they’re going to be ready to play. As Dwight said, we don’t want to have to come back from two-goal deficits again. Results count at this time of year. We want to definitely bring something better to the table in terms of playing better.

Gaborik, on whether he noticed any extra “jump” from opponents at Madison Square Garden:
I think so. I don’t think I met or talked to any player that didn’t like to play in the Garden. Definitely the building has a lot of history. Everybody that goes and plays there, it has that extra jump. Just to look around the building itself, it has some sort of an energy that you want to be in there and you want to just play. A lot of our guys, the whole team, will have that energy. We going to come out strong.

Dwight King, on the ability to continually find ways to win games:
Yeah, it’s definitely strange. Obviously we’d like to have a little better starts. The last three have been two-goal deficits. I think once we get the first goal, it kind of jump-starts our goal. Hope we can get the first one tomorrow.

King, on his goal last night:
For the bulk of the play, I was pretty much battling to get to the front of the net with McDonagh. As far as that went, that was my main focus, trying to get to the front. When the shot came, the ref made the call, that’s the way it stood.

King, on the fine line between goaltender interference and getting to the net:
No surprise no matter which goaltender you’re playing at this level. You need to get traffic, make it hard on them to see pucks, to stop pucks. That will never change. Obviously there are rules that protect them, so you have to play within those.

King, on what was learned from winning two before losing three straight to Anaheim:
Just the approach. Obviously, momentum is a huge part of playoff hockey. Once a team has it, it’s important to try to switch the tide in your favor as quick as possible. I think the longer we go in series, you feel confident, better about your game. It’s a little tougher to defend.