Olli Jokinen Played Quotations

It was a must-win for us, obviously. I guess we have to be satisfied - we played .500. But at this point in the year, it's not going to be enough for us.

It's hard to put into words. It's pretty similar to when Canada and the Soviet Union played the Summit Series. It's like that every time for us against them.

Our lineup looked pretty good early in the year, but obviously we haven't played at the level we're capable of doing. The past few weeks we've been the team we should have been every single night.

He's a proven goalie in Europe, but we played 50 minutes of hockey and had 13 shots. We can't give him credit. He's probably happy he got his first shutout in the NHL, but we made him look good. We really didn't test that guy.

It was a big two points. You have to give credit to Washington. They played really hard. Somehow, we've been able to find a way in close games against them.

I don't think we played the same way we did last week.

It's very disappointing. I think we played just a great tournament, so many big games, and I thought we deserve this.

They haven't told me anything, ... If they tell you you have to play (defense) you have to play 'D.' But I've been a center for three years here. When I first got here, I played wing, but it didn't really work out. But it's the coach's decision.

We played a solid 60 minutes. In the second we took over the game and gave up a freak goal but we played smart and held the lead.

Finally we were able to score the power-play goal and get a lead. Then, we played solid hockey for 60 minutes and shut them down.

The first 10 minutes we played really good hockey and then they came back. We weren't able to hold the lead, in my mind we gave them two points. At least we got one point.

A little bit of a lucky bounce, but I'll take it. Finally a puck bounces our way. But we played pretty well tonight.

Both goalies seem to be in the right place at the right time. He played really well.

I played the last five games (with the injury) and the doctor was saying I could take the last game off, but there was no reason.

It's a disappointing way to lose. We played pretty solid, but mistakes cost us.