On whether there is a sense of frustration after last night’s loss:
No, you move on really. I don’t think it was really frustration. I think it was a lot of opportunities to tie a game, win a game, score a first goal, all those things. Didn’t quite happen. Move on, be in a good place today, be ready for tomorrow.
On their travel from New York to Los Angeles:
Five hours and 22 minutes. We landed just about 3:00 right on the button. We’re used to it. It’s something when you get home, you’re close to work. It’s like there’s another hour today. Some guys will come in at noon, some guys will have a skate, some guys will skate tomorrow. Once you’re here, it’s always better to get in the weather. It doesn’t affect us much, I don’t think.
On the possibility of clinching the Stanley Cup on home ice:
Every opportunity is an opportunity to win a game or be eliminated or win a series. [It] doesn’t make any more difference tomorrow than it did last night. That’s a fact.
On any concern over New York gaining momentum from Game 4:
I think the question was asked several times, asked again last night about momentum. I know it’s usually media-created. There’s momentum during games and momentum with penalties, momentum with scoring chances, things like that. But if it was always about momentum from game to game, then most series would be over in four and it wouldn’t be called four-out-of-seven, it would be the team that won the first game must have the momentum, and the team that won the last game must have all the momentum. I don’t think you get to that point ever, quite honestly. I’ve never been a believer in that because it bears itself out.
On what he disliked from Los Angeles’ play in Game 4:
I don’t like the way the goals were scored against us last night. It was basically right after a penalty, a penalty that we didn’t have to take after winning a faceoff. The second one was obviously losing a battle at the net. You’ve got to score three goals to win. I’ve said that. I know some don’t agree, but it’s true. I’ve been in it long enough. You have to score three goals to win, you’re pushing it.
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