Bring some offense from the defensive end and do the job on the power play. Move the puck as quickly as possible. If there’s an opportunity, join the play.

It was nice to score a goal. I haven’t scored in a while. The most important thing is we won the game.

It’s not that there’s a lack of trying. Most of the time it’s not the right choice. It’s not always the worst play to chip it out of the zone.

The first thing we must accomplish is get past the preliminary round. This gives us confidence, a little bit, that we can play with the top teams.

I was trying to get there and sweep the puck away. It was an unfortunate mistake and took our momentum away.

When you look at paper, we don’t have much expectations.

It was really frustrating after being on 5-on-3 for two minutes, then getting scored on after that.

We knew realistically that it was a pretty wild shot.

I’m very grateful to get back here and get a lot of support from my teammates and everybody. It was very important. I’m trying to keep very positive about everything.

All I was trying to do was get it past their first forward. It hit somebody’s stick. It was nice to score a goal — it had been a long time. But the most important...

It was a lucky break for us and we’ll take it. We competed pretty hard the whole game. It was a good win for us.

I don’t know what happened. It was a lucky break for us, and we’ll take it. It was an important game for us.

It was an important game for us. We got a lucky break, and we’ll take it.

I kind of thought I might get traded, it was not a total shock. I’m very excited to be here, getting a chance with very good players. I think I try to give offensive support...