Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts…
(on his 100th win as Kings coach…)
MURRAY: “I don’t know. It doesn’t feel any different. It was a good win for us. It was a very hard, very difficult for us tonight. It’s the same old thing, though. You come back after a long road trip, five games, and that next game at home is hard. Then you’re playing a team that you’re supposed to beat easily, and it was a grind. A lot of guys dug in in the third period. The last three, four shifts of the second period, it started, and carried through for the last 20 minutes. So it’s great to get the two points out of it. It was a hard one.”
(on the first game after a road trip…)
MURRAY: “Guys are coming home. You’re fatigued from the road trip, after 10 days, and you just want to kind let your breath out a little bit and relax. You’re back home with your family, it’s the holiday time and there’s lots going on with family in town and gifts. It’s just a demanding game going on here tonight, but we found a way to get it done. It was a great response on that second goal. Once they had scored to go ahead, we came right back on the next shift. There was a lot of good energy. Simmonds did a nice job to maintain possession of the puck and find Jack for the shot. Then at the end, obviously Quick was huge for us and we got the win.”
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