On the degree of improvement from their last game against Carolina:
We were good last time we played ‘em, too. If the guys that traveled with us remembered and watched the game, we were good in Carolina, too. [Reporter: In what way was it different tonight?] They scored three in Carolina, we scored three in Los Angeles. You know what? The power play scored a big goal, we probably got away – we took four penalties in the offensive zone. The last one they scored on, that’s not a good thing, but we scored right after it also to make it three-two, so that’s the difference in the game.
On how Jonathan Quick was able to “come through in the clutch”:
Didn’t have a lot of work tonight.
On utilizing even strength lines on the power play:
We didn’t do that tonight.
On what he’s liked about the power play:
You’ve got to keep it simple, and what we’d like more is again, there are guys that should be out there more that should produce, so we’re using other guys. I don’t think it was necessarily sharp tonight. When Stolly went out there, when Jeff’s line went out there, they were good.
On winning three straight before playing nine of 12 on the road:
I never looked at it like that. Tonight was the 20th game which is basically the quarter pole, so you want to see where you’re at after 20 games in terms of where the league sets up and the way the conference sets up. We’ve accomplished what we wanted in the first 20 and now we’ll start working on the next. [Reporter: What’s the biggest thing you want to accomplish over those next 20?] Same thing we did in the first. We want to be in a playoff spot.
On the pace of the game:
I thought it was a good pace. Our team, we’ve got to get through one more game here in a long stretch of games in a short period of time. We’re trying to use everybody, so that means everybody’s got to step up and try to play the right way and keep their tempo and their pace during the game.
On teams wanting to beat the Stanley Cup champions:
Well, that would be a normal what you’d say. That’s got to be part of the motivation, but we’re not the same team, so it’s quite a bit different right now.
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