Oct. 25: Postgame Interviews

Oct. 25: Postgame Interviews

Even when it was four to nothing, was there a feeling that you guys had left a lot on the table? Um, yeah, we had some chances at 4 nothing, but um, at the end of the day, that’s no excuse. Um, we don’t need another goal, uh, you know, to win the hockey game. So, uh, you know, had a good 35 minutes and 35 minutes doesn’t cut it. And, um, so back to the drawing board and, um, you know, find a way to, uh, play full 60. Did they do something different starting at midway through the second period or is it No. No. I just think we didn’t manage the game like we could have. Um gave him some gave them some uh some life. Um you know, they got some balances and um you know, they went in for us, but at the end of the day, that’s uh that’s uh all on us unfortunately. So, obviously a lot of talk about better starts lately. Good start tonight. How do you maintain that throughout the game? Yeah. Um, I mean there’s one positive, but that’s that’s about it. Um, you know, that one stings and that one burns up for nothing on the road and um have a chance to close it out and just I said making mistakes. Um, and um, you know, have to, like I said, have to manage the game better at the end of the day. Um, when you do that, things go your way. And when you don’t um you’re either behind the game lots or trailing or or you you give up leads like that. In the second period, did you guys feel like you had left too many chances on the out there? I mean, I don’t know. It was obviously it’s always good when you’re generating chances and um getting pucks to the net and I think that’s huge. Uh but obviously um yeah, it takes a full 60 and doesn’t matter really how hard you come out. Obviously good to come out and get a good start and uh but just got to continue to play consistent for full 60 and um good things will happen. Did they do anything in the second period to change the momentum? I mean I don’t know not overly. I think obviously they got got a few goals and and and started kind of that just naturally generates momentum and um but systematically and things like that. Nothing special there. So obviously a lot of talk about starts lately. That was a pretty good one tonight. How do you maintain that throughout 60 minutes? Yeah, that’s the big thing. Obviously, that’s a positive we can take and um I mean obviously the game’s behind us now. We got to put put the negative behind us, learn from it, obviously. Um that’s important is is we got to learn what we can and and that’s I mean it’s not easy obviously, but uh as a group when we learn uh we’ll get better as a group and um just take that as as a full 60 moving forward. And when we do that, we’re we’re a really good hockey team. Obviously, you saw our start and uh just for us to continue to play that that way for a full 60 and hang on and um just be be our our team identity. We are a really good team. Sorry. Any update on Robert Thomas? Uh upper body injury. Probably have more tomorrow or Monday because tomorrow’s day off. When it was four to nothing early in the second period, was there always a sense of you guys had maybe left too many chances out there? Well, we did leave too many chances out there, but that wasn’t the sense we had on the bench. We were in control of the game till they scored those two goals within, I don’t know, 25 seconds. And obviously, the team spent a lot more time in the offensive zone in the first half, a lot more in the D in the second half. What’s kind of the message on the bench when that momentum shifts like that? I was that, you know, poise be the way out, communicate to each other, you know, and make sure that we we stay aggressive in the offensive zone with our checking scheme. Did the Red Wings adjust anything in the second period to change the momentum or was that worried on you your team? Um, no. I I don’t think they did. I think they one thing they did do is their defenseman pinched more that uh that may have led to one of the two goals that went from 41 to 43. Um, besides that, I I think that we changed our game. You know, we didn’t play as assertively. So Detroit scored a couple goals tonight off of turnovers. How do you clean that up moving forward? Yeah, you know, by communicating with each other, being a way out for each other. Um, and then, you know, a big part is game management. We had pucks that we know that with the lead, we got to put them in into certain areas to be able to maintain possession to make Detroit, who’s pressing to try and tie the game, to defend. We didn’t do that well enough. And then just moving forward, what’s the message and the mindset for the team? We got to, you know, be able to check for 60 minutes, right? And we didn’t check for 60 minutes. We did a great job for about 38 and the last 22 weren’t good enough.

Brayden Schenn, Colton Parayko and Jim Montgomery speak to the media after a 6-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings.