Scott Hartnell Quotations

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

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Now I have an excuse to grow a beard.