Derek Roy Quotations

We're battling for first place with Ottawa, so all those games are going to be huge. Then Toronto and Boston are fighting for playoff spots, and Montreal's trying to stay in. Those are all going to be huge, key games for us. Those are all four-point games.

We know we have great goaltending and great defense, so when we get in a shootout like that and we can win a game like that it's huge for our team.

Maxim is such a dangerous player with the puck, he draws players to him, especially after scoring a goal like that. I look for that, you seem to get a little more space when Maxim has the puck, so it's my job to get to an open spot, because he usually finds a way to get the puck to you. He made a great pass and all I had to do was hit the net.

I don't know what their game plan is over there. We're expecting them to come hard in their building.

I don't think we wanted to go back home for a Game 7. We knew they could cause some damage if it went to a Game 7. I thought we put it all out on the line and came out strong.

It feels great, but the team needed this win. It was a big win for us.

That was huge, especially against this team. That opened things up for us, and gave us some momentum.

That's the style you have to play against that team out here. You have to slow them down, play hard, physical hockey. That is what we did for a period.

We don't like losing. It seems like when we lose we come back with a better effort. We just don't want to lose two in a row.

We're just back in the hunt again. We're just starting right back where we were, so it's just keeping battling back. When we meet Ottawa next time we're going to be more ready.

We had a couple of great shifts there. I thought we played extremely well tonight, skating and passing the puck. I thought we could have had a couple of more.

We've got the line combinations down pat. We've got great goaltending and good defensive pairings. Hopefully we can finish off the season strong.

There's always emotion when you play the Toronto Maple Leafs. It's a big rivalry and they bring their crowd with them and it's a good game every time. I know they're desperate and trying to fight for a playoff spot so they're going to be hungry and we should be ready.

It seems like every time Ryan makes big saves we respond.

It's tough to replace a guy like Miroslav Satan, but we have a bunch of young guys eager to step up.

It's nice to help the team now. At the beginning of the year I wasn't scoring much. Hopefully I can keep plugging away and keep trying to score.

It was a bit nerve-racking. I think we're a sound team and we play good defensively, but tonight there were bounces going all over the place. We just found a way to win.

It was a great way to bounce back. Whenever you lose like that, and then play two days later, it stays in your mind. So we wanted to get out there and get a win.

They would just follow whatever I did. They had no say in anything. Grier was an eight-year vet, and I was a rookie. Basically, it came out like I was the leader of the pack. And it just rolled.

The fans were going back and forth. They came out strong, especially with the ceremony before the game. The fans were ready and we tried to give them as much as we can.

I gave him a pass and I saw the goalie slide over, so I figured he might not score so I was getting ready for a pass. Van has great vision. He saw me at the side of the net and made a great play.

Good teams bounce back. I don't think the fans enjoyed the game as much as they could have because I don't think we played as hard as we have to.

The ceremony before the game, it seemed like the crowd was ready for the game, electrifying. We were trying to give them as much as we can. I thought we got better as the game went on..killed some big penalties there.