Opening statement:
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. See any good Irishmen in here? Half-Irish?
On whether it’s good to see a player score his first NHL goal:
Yeah, obviously it is. Not many players get a chance of playing in the National Hockey League or scoring a goal, so good for him. Hopefully he’s got lots of game-winners left in him.
On whether he was “pleased” with what he saw after adjusting the lines:
We made some line changes during the game.
On the team’s performance:
I thought we worked hard. I thought we had good focus. It’s tough scoring playing a team that’s a tough checking team. Talked to the players about [Arizona] coming off a five-game home stand and every game that they played in those five games was one-nothing going into the third. They can check. They’ve always been known for that, and you had to be patient but you had to have some balance in it.
On the importance of getting into a low-scoring “habit” with so many tight checking games:
Jeez, I think we’ve played as well as we can since the All-Star break, and we’ve played really well and hopefully we can continue to. You don’t always win.
On whether he has any different approach given the tight late season standing:
For me? Not too much. Get some sleep tonight, practice tomorrow and go to Anaheim the next day.
On whether he remembers his first NHL goal:
I know it was against Rogie when he played for Detroit. That’s all I can remember. That’s a long time ago.
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