Ulf Samuelsson Quotations

He was a little on and off in the backup role. But now that (Montoya) went down, he has really stepped up his game.

It certainly was a big difference the last 48 hours. We were a little worried that with our schedule the boys would be a little empty in the gas tank, but they found some saved-up energy. But that's why we believe we're one of the best-conditioned teams. I think it pays off in games like tonight.

We did turn it on in the third period. But he's a very good goalie. That's why it's important not to come out the way we did today, a little lax and not come out right when the puck was dropped.

We had some gutsy performances from our penalty killers, and usually when you kill, the goalie is your best killer. He was certainly outstanding, first to get us a point and then to get us the extra one.

Wow, what a start. We sort of knew what we were getting, but we didn't know we were getting this much so soon. But every time we've played him, he has looked extremely hungry around the net, and he was very focused tonight.

Disappointing. It's not easy to turn it off and on in this sport. So we want to play as well as we can down the stretch. At the same time, we want to make sure we're working on the things we need to work on and we're conditioned right to hit the playoffs as hard as we can. When the playoffs start, you've got to throw another gear in.

Sometimes, you can work so hard and not get a point out of it, but things are going our way right now. We had a few games we put 50 shots up, and we didn't get one point.

They had a lot of good plays, first and second efforts and puck control. They did a lot of good things you expect from a top checking line.