On the game: We had the one mistake, which is what you can’t do against that team with the transition game they have and we kind of gave it to them. But then I thought the rest of the game was pretty much how we needed to do it. Obviously got the result.
On Jalen Chatfield: That was a bad break really [on the second goal against]. Happened the other night too where we dumped it and it hit our own guy and they go for a breakaway. Those are tough breaks, but it’s tough to find fault in that game for anybody.
On Frederik Andersen: The start, like it goes different if those chances go in. That’s probably the game right there. It turns and then it’s an uphill battle. So good for him. Like, he needed to get a win and just now he can maybe relax a little bit and hopefully build on that.
On Taylor Hall: He’s played really well, really for a long stretch. Moving him with Stanks and Blakes been productive for us and he’s looked really sharp. Hopefully that continues.
On Mark Jankowski drawing back in and making an impact: It’s what he can do. I didn’t check the stat sheet, but I felt he was winning faceoffs and he’s a penalty killer. Jordo’s getting more minutes here with some other responsibilities, so it’s tough to double him up on the penalty kill, so now, all of a sudden, you’ve got a guy that can kill penalties. It’s a real good fit. And now he’s scored in Pittsburgh, he’s scored here. Like he’s contributing on the offensive side too. That’s a real positive.
On Logan Stankoven: It’s crazy how one goal can just all of a sudden… like I just talked about with Freddie, hopefully now you can just go play and all of a sudden, they just keep coming. But the one thing about Stanks that you notice is that is game never really changes. Like, he’s competitive, he keeps doing the little things and now he’s getting rewarded for it.
On getting contributions throughout the lineup: [The top line] were the one line that didn’t do too, too much out there tonight, but like I said, we have to win that way if we want to be successful. We need everybody contributing and I think that’s what happened tonight.
On the job the defense has done as of late: You can’t really say enough about how they’ve played over the last little bit. Just how competitive and really, making it hard for the other team to even get in the zone. Winning their battles. It’s been all the guys, so that’s really been, I think, the difference.