Joffrey Lupul Quotations

We stuck with it. It's a good sign when you don't play your best and you win a game like this. It shows our team is maturing and finding ways to win.

If we win the last three games, we have a shot at home ice, so that's our goal right now.

I saw the replay. It could have been worse. It wasn't like a vicious play, but it was kneeing. He's not the type of guy who goes out and tries to hurt players.

It doesn't matter to us. We want to play Nashville right now because that means we finished fourth or fifth. We're just trying to finish as high as we can. If we end up finishing sixth and we play these guys, that will be fun, too. If we win the last three games, we have a shot at home ice, so that's our goal right now. After that, it doesn't really matter if it's Nashville, Calgary, Dallas, whoever.

We came on this trip trying to win the first one in Columbus, and we let that one slip away. To bounce back and get the next two, especially this one against the team with I think the best home record in the league, is pretty impressive.

We want to be a team that is tough to play night in and night out. We did them some favors tonight, but for the first time all season we really came back and battled over 60 minutes.

We closed ground. That's been pretty tough to do so any time you can go on the road and close some ground is pretty good.

When you are trading rushes like that, momentum can change pretty quickly.

To start out the road trip with a loss at Columbus, and then win the next two, especially this one against Nashville which has the best home record in the league is pretty impressive.

Five out of eight points is pretty good. Any time you can go on the road and close some ground is pretty good.

I started thinking about this camp as soon as last year's was over. Going to your first camp is tough, and the injury made it even tougher. But I learned how to prepare myself and what was expected of me. I can do all the things that are necessary. I just have to show I can do it night in and night out.

The second one was big. The power play hadn't been clicking too good. It showed a lot from our team, because no doubt about it, we lost our composure in the third period (Wednesday). Today, we came out like nothing had happened.

You're not going to play perfect hockey every night. We ended up playing a pretty good game, but we're going to have to be better down the stretch if we want to get in the playoffs.

They've been giving me a pretty good opportunity all year. Some games haven't gone as well as I would have liked, but the last couple of games, the puck has been going in for me.

It's a dirty play, no question about it. I don't know. I mean, the guy's coming right at me. I have him beat, and he kind of just drags his leg. It's definitely something you don't like guys doing.

That's a bad call. They watch video just like we do, they'll see it.

It was a pretty fortunate play, but one you have to take advantage of.

It takes a toll, yeah, but I think we're taking the same toll on them. They have some guys who have been getting hit a lot, as well. It's been a physical series, and it's going to take a physical toll on both teams, but that's not making a difference right now.

Every time we've played them it's been low-scoring. We have a tough time generating offense against them. That puts pressure on us to take advantage of the chances we got. It's frustrating.

I'm sure that in a couple of days, I won't even know it's on there. It shouldn't affect the way I play.

Um no, but kind of ...

That hockey game will haunt me until the day I die.