They Said It…
Rod Brind’Amour on what he saw from his group on Saturday…
“We didn’t start great, and I was kind of afraid of that after the emotional game we had [last night]. It kind of took us a second or two — or a period — to get going. I thought coming out of that first period even was really the key, and from then on we played pretty solid.”
Rod Brind’Amour on Frederik Andersen keeping the team in it in the first period…
“[He] was solid early… We only had four shots in the first period. We weren’t really going, and he allowed us to get to our game. At the end of the day, that was the difference.”
Frederik Andersen on the team’s resilience after a slow start…
“I think we knew we had a little bit better, but I think we stuck with it and got to our game for the better part of this game… The schedule is tough, so kudos to everyone for getting back to it today and putting up a really good effort.”
Rod Brind’Amour on Svechnikov and Aho providing a spark in the second period…
“Again, they kind of were a little slow to start, and then all of a sudden, that’s what they can do. Within a minute, all of a sudden, you get a couple of opportunities, and Svechy buried them. That was good to kind of get our feet under us, and I thought after that we were pretty solid.”
Andrei Svechnikov on what fueled his hat trick…
“My line with Fishy and Jarvy, they just made great plays tonight. Fishy just kind of created the space for me on all three goals. I just kind of had to shoot the puck. Amazing plays from them.”