Shortly after that, we got a couple of power-play goals because we fed off of those penalty-kills. That was the story of the night, the penalty-killing.
Quotes about penalty-killing (12 Quotes)
We opened the door for them, but it was a good sign that we kept the hinges on with good penalty-killing. Of course, Henrik is as good a penalty-killer as anyone.
He's excited to be back. I saw him in the power-play and penalty-killing meetings. He's going to play a role for us.
I told our team that (South) is probably the best team in the state. We didn't play mistake-free, but we had a tremendous effort from our penalty-killing unit.
We've got to be sharp on the special teams. Maine has the top penalty-killing team in the country and their power play is in the top five.
Those are the ones that drive everybody nuts. Those are the ones you can't take. We tax the penalty-killing unit that's already depleted and we're taxing our goaltending and we're making games much more difficult than they need to be. We've got to shore that up.
Their penalty killing in this building is really, really good. They're probably the most aggressive penalty-killing team we've faced. That means you have to get an ugly goal, just like they did.
Our special teams have to be better, not so much our penalty-killing but our power play has got to be better. We need to work on that. But that's not what lost us the game. They got the bounces, we didn't.
I thought it was excellent. We blocked a lot of lanes and didn't give them a lot to shoot at, and on the chances they did get to the net, Turco was real good. We got a couple of big goals but the penalty-killing was the key for us.
It's not like their power play was that great. Our PK looked out of place. We were chasing when we shouldn't. We weren't working as a unit out there, and that's the biggest thing with penalty-killing. Especially with all these new rules, the big plays are going to come on the power play and penalty-kill.
Jamal's combination of speed and size, along with his past experience as a member of the Blues, makes him an excellent fit for our system, ... He also adds important versatility through his role on the penalty-killing unit, and his ability to play two positions at both right wing and center.
We need to work on our penalty-killing. We have to pay attention to special teams because of the way they're calling it right now. The players have to understand that, if they move the puck quick, good things are going to happen.