Murray postgame quotes

Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts…

(on the game…)
MURRAY: “It was a good effort. In the first game back, after a break, I thought both teams were pretty focused and did the right things. Both teams are good checking teams. I really liked our play in the offensive zone. We were moving our feet, creating opportunities. We were pretty good at the front of the net, as far as traffic. I thought we could have been better in some of those looks, especially early. But we had good opportunities in the 5-on-5 look, and we just are not finding the back of the net.”

(on the goalie play…)
MURRAY: “Both goalies made some very big stops. Backstrom, I remember he made a save in the second period, off Kopitar coming down the slot. Bernier was very good there. There was a flurry coming at him, maybe the second half of that third period. He was good. They had some looks, coming down from the blue line, and he looked very sharp.”

(on worrying about not getting two points…)
MURRAY: “You don’t worry about it. The most important thing, obviously, is the win, but you want to play good. You want to give yourself every opportunity to win the game, and we did that. We left everything out there tonight. We’ve got to regroup. We’ve got to move on and get focused on the game up in Edmonton. You’ve got to keep the short-term focus when you have a long, extended trip like this. We’re playing this one as a three-game road trip. We go back home and go back out after that, and it will be a six-game road trip. We cannot let things be a concern, as to what’s happened in the past. … Right now, we’ve just got to get re-energized, re-focused for tomorrow.”

(on the lack of rust after the break…)
MURRAY: “We started good. You win the opening faceoff, you get the puck into the offensive zone and you start to get your legs underneath you. The shifts were going quick. Guys were changing quickly and everybody was into the game, so I liked the start.”