November 20 postgame quotes: Brown, Pearson

Dustin Brown, on even strength lines being used on the power play:
It’s just being ready when your name’s called. It’s one of those things where we’re struggling on the power play, so as a result you have a lot of different guys going in different situations. It’s an opportunity for guys to kind of grab hold.

Brown, on the team’s ability to respond quickly to goals against:
I think it’s just a good response from our team. I think it changes the momentum pretty quickly there when they get a goal and we get a goal right back. I think the goals we gave up tonight probably are ones we didn’t want to give up, but to have a response like that’s good.

Brown, on whether the win sets a tone for the road trip:
I think it’s always important getting a win before you go on the road, just from a morale standpoint. It keeps us in good spirits. Now we’ve got to be prepared to go.

Brown, on dominating possession in what developed into a close game:
I thought we played a good game. I think again I thought we were a little sloppy in the first. We gave up a few too many chances I guess throughout the game…as of late we’ve been relying on one line or two lines on any given night, and I thought tonight we had four solid efforts from the lines and the D were strong.

Brown, on what improved from the previous meeting in Carolina:
Our whole game, pretty much. For us, I think it just comes down to our readiness and our intensity, quite honestly. When we have that going for us, our team’s really hard to beat. But in Carolina we weren’t very good.

Brown, on his assist on Jarret Stoll’s goal:
It was off the power play, so I threw it to Stick on the half wall and he threw it right back which got all four of their guys kind of moving, and Stolly kind of popped into the pocket there at the right time.

Tanner Pearson, on the win:
I think we wanted to finish strong at home. I think we did a good job. Obviously the power play started us off. We just went from there.

Pearson, on scoring his goal 37 seconds after Carolina tied the game:
I think anytime you give up a goal, you want to get it back as quick as possible. Whether it’s five minutes or whatever, you always want to try and regain that lead. I just whacked it in I guess.

Pearson, on what he saw on his goal:
I didn’t know if it was going in off [the goaltender’s] shoulder from Rick’s kind of shot. I just hadn’t gotten one for a while, so I just tapped it home.

Pearson, on whether he was relieved to score:
Yeah, I think whenever you kind of go in a drought, and I obviously haven’t played my best hockey as of lately, but definitely this game helped a lot.

Pearson, on whether changing lines or a mental adjustment helped his game:
I think both. I think playing with Rick and Cliff, they’re both going to be in their face and forechecking kind of guys. Rick can make some really good plays and I think Cliffy and I can go to the net and hopefully something happens. Which today, it did.

Pearson, on whether he had to remain patient during a scoring drought:
Yeah, for sure. I think that kind of stuff comes with working hard and if you’re not working hard, it’s not going to happen. You just have to keep on going and eventually I think the bounces will start going your way again.

Pearson, on whether he played baseball as a kid:
I never played growing up. I’m Canadian.

Pearson, on Carolina’s late push:
That save that Quickie made, that definitely saved the game for sure. He definitely stood tall when he needed to and it helped us get the win.

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