Brown postgame quotes

Dustin Brown’s postgame thoughts…

(on the game…)
BROWN: “This game was a lot different from the last three, I think. We had a lot of opportunities. Our special teams need to be better, that’s for sure, both power play and penalty kill. We have two 5-on-3s and we don’t capitalize. It’s all about results, this time of the year, but I’m not going to sit here and say we didn’t play a good game 5-on-5, because I thought we did. Special teams are important. That’s where I think the game was won and lost tonight.”

(on the two-minute 5-on-3…)
BROWN: “Five-on-three, especially the second one, we have to capitalize. We had chances, but I don’t know if we had a shot on goal. A lot of blocked shots by them and a lot of missed shots by us. That’s sometimes how it goes. I think we had the right guys on the ice, I’m not doubting that, but we need to execute at this time of the year, in a game like tonight.”

(on the team’s attitude right now…)
BROWN: “I thought we had a good attitude all game, even after they killed off that 5-on-3. Our belief on the bench, with a minute left, was, `We’re going to tie this game.’ So I think it’s a step in the right direction, along with our work ethic. We didn’t make the best plays out there sometimes, but I guess the best way to put it, not just tonight but in general, is that I can live with 100-percent effort and mistakes, compared to no effort and no mistakes. Sometimes you’ve got to lose some games that you’re supposed to win. Right now, we’ve got to forget about it.”