Patrick Marleau Quotes (33 Quotes)

We have to learn to play with a lead and go for the next one. We have tons of chances. It shouldn't have to come down to the final 10 minutes. We ran into penalty trouble. It shouldn't take us a couple of quick goals for us to get back into it.

Those are all four-point games.

We have to learn from it, but we can't dwell on it. We have to go get two points in Calgary.

We just tried to get it in deep and move the puck around. We got some breaks down low and found some seams. We were able to get some good shots off as well.

I can't believe it went right in the net. I don't know what to say. I thought I was going to pick it up and go behind the net. I went to make a move, and all of a sudden I hit it straight in.

The last couple of games we haven't done the things we need to do to win games and that's got to stop.

You have to put the puck in the back of the net. It's not good enough to be getting good chances.

We've been saying it all year, we need everyone coming to play. If we do that, we should get good results. Guys are working hard and stuff, but it's little mistakes that in years past there'd be somebody else back to cover things up and we're not doing that either.

I thought it was done, but we let them back in. It's too bad it took five (goals) to get it done. ... I don't know about me. It's just a great time of the year. Everybody is pulling for each other, and everybody is working together to get the job done.

The effort was there definitely and it's a step in the right direction. We didn't get the result we wanted. But if we come out and work that hard every night we'll give ourselves a chance to win.

It's just a great time of the year. Everybody is pulling for each other, and everybody is working together to get the job done. When we're playing well, you can see the extra effort in everything we do.

We've got a lot of games against division rivals, and if we can win those, we're right back in the thick of things.

We're finally getting some breaks. The games in the past, we've been all over teams early, then we've given up a goal and it deflates the bench. But to battle back is a great confidence booster.

I can't believe it went right into the net. I went to make a move and all of a sudden I hit it straight in. There were a couple of hits on my stick, but it shouldn't matter.

I think when other teams have to pick their poison to see basically who they want to match their lines up against, it gives me and my line an opportunity to play against some different players. Sometimes they can't get out always against Joe. I think it's good both ways like that. Even our third and fourth line, they get a little help that way, too.

I should have had a couple of goals earlier with (Thornton). I'm glad he stuck with me and found me the third time.

I think everyone in here still believes we can do it, but we've been saying for how many months now that we can't let games slip away Sooner or later, if we keep letting them slip away, we're not going to be able to say we can still get into (the playoffs).

Everyone in our division knows how tight the race is so those games are that much tighter. It's a challenge every night for Joe and myself. We have to look at it like that and have fun with it.

There's lots of time left, but that being said every team ahead of us is winning games so we've got to make sure we don't lose ground by losing games we should win.

These are tough ones to swallow. It shouldn't take us to get down a couple goals to get everybody going.

Games in hand are a good thing only if you win them.

These are the games we need. We did a good job getting ourselves back into the picture. But these are the games we need to win to make sure we get in the playoffs.

We started doing the little things that we haven't been doing. That's why we were losing games. Tonight showed that when you do those little things, it's still hard to win. We just have to stay with it and start burying chances.

I learned so much - a lot of hockey things, but probably the biggest was the work ethic that Kelly would bring. Kelly told me he would do it for me, and make sure that some day, you do it for somebody else.

He's been a big acquisition for us. We're on the same page and working hard the last two games.

I don't know what it is. They always come out hard and play us hard. We have to expect that. They haven't taken any games off against us this year, and it seems like maybe we have.

We took some bad penalties, penalties at the wrong time, anyway.

They always play us hard. They haven't taken any games off against us, and it's obvious that we have.

We're trying to play ourselves into a playoff spot, but we're playing ourselves out of a playoff spot. Everybody still believes we can do it. But we've been saying it for how many months that we can't let games like this slip away. Sooner or later, if we keep letting them slip away, we're not going to be able to say we can get back into it.

It's going to be a good test for our club coming off two poor performances. Instead of backpedaling, hopefully we can start moving in the right direction.

He's played really good since he's been up, he always trying to contribute every night.

I'm disappointed I didn't make it, but I'm changing my focus and just keep trying to win games and get this team into the playoffs. There's nothing I can do but go out, play hard and try to make things happen.

They're all big games, but in order for us to keep home ice advantage, (the win) was huge. We're expecting them to come at us like they did late in the game and we've got be on our toes and be ready for that, and if we're not we could be in trouble.