Shore, McNabb, Pearson preview tonight’s game

Nick Shore, on his goal against San Jose:
You know, Brownie did most of the work on the play, he was able to get it in, possess the puck for a bit and threw it at the net, and I just got lucky to get a stick on it.

Shore, on what worked in his net-front battles against San Jose:
Well, not a whole lot worked [Wednesday] night. Like we said, we got off to a quick start, and then after that, not much went right for us.

Nick Shore, on whether there were positives taken from his line’s play:
Well, I think anytime you lose 5-1 there’s not a lot of positives you’re going to take out of it, so I think it’s going to be a conscious effort from everyone tonight to build on a lot of the things that went on. I think we’re ready and looking forward to it.

Shore, on whether he can evaluate his own performance outside of the game’s context:
Not really, I think you come into every game with the same mindset, and that’s to do whatever you can to contribute to get points, and so it’s unfortunate that that didn’t happen [Wednesday] night. We’re ready to get in the right column tonight.

Shore, on whether Dustin Brown has been a good mentor for him:
Certainly, I mean Brownie’s been phenomenal, and I think it’s open to our whole leadership group, there’s so many guys in here that can step up and obviously Brownie carries a ton of weight, and he doesn’t just lead by being vocal, he certainly does it every night with his play, so it’s easy to follow in the footsteps of someone like that.

Shore, on whether Brown “looks out” for him:
You know, he’s just looking out, it’s for me to be able to play with a player like that, him and Lewie, they make it really easy on me. [Brownie] just keeps emphasizing a lot of talk between us because that makes the game a lot easier.

Brayden McNabb, on his training camp:
Ah, you know, ups and downs, it’s a lot of things I need to be better in, just a lot of little stuff I need to clean up, and I know I can, I’m just going to move on from that and make sure I clean myself up.

McNabb, on what “little stuff” he needs to clean up:
Just stuff down low, just playing my game, you know, go out there and play your game like I know how I can, so I think that’s the biggest thing, just going out and playing, going from there, and helping the team win.

McNabb, on how regularly he communicated with Darryl Sutter during camp:
You know, a little bit, we talk a lot with the assistant coaches and stuff, go over video with them, it’s something we’re working on, and still continuing to do, so I’m just going to keep going, erase it, and start over tonight.

McNabb, on whether that message has been similar to John Stevens’:
Yeah, exactly, they’re talking, it’s all the same and everyone’s on the same page, it’s something that I’m going to continue, and go out and help the guys win tonight.

McNabb, on how coaches get their points across:
A little bit of everything, everyone has their own way of teaching, last year I was here all year, so I kind of know how they go about it, but I think a lot of it is video, some stuff on the ice after practice, drills that will help you out.

Tanner Pearson, on logging penalty killing time on Wednesday:
I think throughout the preseason, Lewie and I, Darryl kind of put us together, you know, and we killed pretty well, I think. It’s kind of the special teams thing, perform and you’re going to be out there, it’s obviously kind of a privilege to get extra ice time in those kind of situations, and hopefully we keep going.

Pearson, on defending while on the penalty kill:
You’ve just got to be in the seams, and you kind of do your pre-scouting of how teams set up and what kind of plays they do, so I think going into the game, you kind of know what to expect if anything’s going to happen.

Pearson, on Tyler Toffoli’s five shorthanded goals last season:
Yeah, he did kind of the same thing in junior. Junior was kind of a little less structure for him, he kind of took off as soon as the D-man got the puck, but no, he’s a natural goal-scorer and if you get him the puck, as soon as he gets the chance he’s going to put it in the net.

Pearson, on whether killing penalties in junior hockey is similar to the NHL:
Yes and no. Usually when you get put on the PK against the power play you’re playing against the top players on that team, usually the top guys in the world, so you have to be a bit more aware about what’s going on around you.

Pearson, on his first regular season game since his ankle injury:
We didn’t get the outcome that we wanted, but to finally be back since January, it felt really good to be back on that ice.