They Said It…
Rod Brind’Amour giving his assessment of the win…
“I thought we were playing the perfect game, exactly how we wanted to do it. We had to be patient, but I thought we had the better looks. We were in a good spot, they got a couple, but I love the way we just kept playing… I thought it was a great game by us.”
Sebastian Aho applauding the defensive nature of the game and his group’s ability to stay with it to the end…
“Two teams who I thought played pretty disciplined, defensive hockey… We still had chances to score, but neither generated too much; kudos to both defenses. You’ve got to just stick with it, and we were able to win this one tonight.”
Brandon Bussi giving his point of view…
“I think that was a great 60-plus minute effort by us tonight. I think we did a great job of kind of slowing down what they’re good at, taking away a lot of their chances. They were a little opportunistic there at the end of the third, but overall, (it was) a really great game for us.”
Sebastian Aho describing his overtime winner…
“I actually liked a couple of other plays before the goal better. We had a couple of looks, but then the last one was a bit of a lucky one. It’s a good thing to always shoot the puck, and that was the case on that one, too. It just kind of went off their stick or skate or something that changed the direction, and we were able to sneak that one in.”
Brandon Bussi on staying engaged despite the low workload…
“My job is to be ready whenever my name is called upon. I would rather have less shots than be getting 50 per game. I think the team made my job pretty easy tonight.”