Scott Hartnell Quotations

With no red line there should be a lot of goals. You can read the play where it is going up the wall. If you leave the zone early and a guy can make a good pass to you then you can have a breakaway if you beat the defenseman. There could be two or three breakaways for each team every game, especially if a defenseman falls down. It will be interesting.

I didn't believe it at first. I was supposed to sign a new contract that day, and they asked me to wait because they had bigger news.

But we went out there on our last shift and said, 'We are going to do it.'

I thought we played a hard 60 minutes, taking the body and showing a lot of second effort. We played really well, but whether it's 6-0 or 3-2, it's still a loss and that's tough to swallow.

I still think of my last few games here and how exciting it was in that arena, how electrifying it was. Hopefully, come opening night, it will be that same way.

We were able to battle back in the last 40 seconds and get rid of this funk. The last few minutes were crazy (with) highs and lows (and) sinking feelings when they got their goal.

We didn't give our goalie any support and we left him out to dry. That's a good way to lose.

We had a bunch of chances. You look at the names on our power play, and we should have two or three goals off that each night. Goalies can stop the puck if they are able to see it, and we didn't do a good job of that. We had a bunch of shots there at the end, and they just weren't going in.

Tomas played remarkably. Without him, who knows what the score would have been.

We were paying the price but the puck wasn't going in for us. (Auld) played well.

Brand new ice contributed to that. It usually takes a week or two to kind of get back in game shape and the puck's not bouncing around and stuff. Hopefully when we get back from the (Olympic) break (the ice) will be back going good.

The shots we had were right there, point blank and tonight we buried them.

Now I have an excuse to grow a beard.

They've got a lot of good skaters who can put the puck in the net. They're a hard-working team and they've been winning left and right. They're one of those teams that you almost don't want to face in the first round because they've been so hot lately.

It's just something that you do when you get to the playoffs.

It's cool to do this. I didn't think it would happen in this game. I've had a lot of two-goal games. You always wonder if you are ever going to do it. Getting three goals in an NHL game might be a once in a lifetime thing, but getting the win is so much more important.

They could be a second- or third-round opponent in the playoffs, and knowing we can come in here and win is a big mental boost for everyone. We believe we can win against the best teams in the league and that's nice to know come playoff time.

I know we've got another level. We showed it the last few minutes of that game, and I know we can do it. We've got to believe in each other and keep going.

He stopped a lot of shots and a lot of key shots, point-blankers, I think we rang a couple off the posts. But that's what happens when you're having a good game. He deserved at least a (regulation) tie, at least a point. But we were able to sneak it out.

I don't think any fans had really hard feelings. I imagine during the lockout when we weren't playing, they probably didn't have too many good things to say. But they were really positive and said they were glad we came back.