"It was the same as last night," Bednar said after the win. "You just got to stick with it. Stick with it and try to make sure that we're building chances and eventually we're going to get a goal, and that's what happened tonight.
"We felt we played a pretty good game last night. Little bit of a slow start, but the last 40-plus minutes we were all over Winnipeg and couldn't find a way to get a goal. And then it started out kind of the same way a little bit here tonight. It was a good back-and-forth game, hard-fought battle, and then we were having trouble finding the net. Then finally we capitalized and ended up getting a big win."
It's safe to say that Duchene is feeling it right now, early in this season. The 25-year-old center now has five markers and seven points in his last four games, putting him first on the club in goals and points and second in the NHL (tied) in goalscoring.
"He was good tonight. Hard on pucks, strong on pucks, kept his feet moving down low," said Bednar. "Then he made some plays and ended up scoring a couple goals."
Duchene registered his 24th career multi-marker match in the win, but the spotlight wasn't only on him.