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ON THE PP:

"They're big. Sometimes you need your special teams to produce and the powerplay was able to get two and the penalty kill did their job again tonight. Two big powerplay goals that gives us a lead at the end of the first.
"You know what? We felt good in practice. We worked on PP - and for us, we just try to keep things simple. Go to the net, pick up loose pucks, find guys off the side of the net and all that type of stuff. It's worked pretty good for our unit so far. We need to chip in when we can like we did tonight."

ON HIS FIVE-HOLE TALLY:

"You know what, when (Mangiapane) made the pass, I looked up and saw D and stuff, so I just went back to it. It's a high-percentage shot. If you miss, it goes off the pads and it stays alive, you know what I'm trying to say? Other than the ones that go in the glove and all that type of stuff. It just seems to be working and if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
"I'd love to tell you how I set it up, but I don't want the goalies to know what my thought process is, so we'll just leave it at that."

ON HIS ROLE THIS YEAR:

"As times goes on, I'm fortunate enough to be in my 15th year this year and I think I had a really hard time accepting a new role a couple years ago - at times, two years ago. But you've just got to embrace what the position at the coach wants to put you in and do the best you can with it. We have a great team here, we have a great coaching staff, we play the right way and I just want to do what I can to contribute and be part of a winning culture. And if that's me accepting the role that he's put me in, that's what I'm going to have to do."

MATTHEW TKACHUK ON THE WIN:

"We knew they were going to have a push - but we've got good players that can score, too. So if we're on our heels, that's to the other team's advantage. It's the NHL, every team's got some very high-end players and if we sit back, that's when we get in trouble. We tried to push for the 4-1 lead, their goalie made some good saves. We tried to push for the 4-2 lead, their goalie made some good saves again. All in all, solid. Solid."

ON DOING IT FOR DARRYL:

"I'm sure if you asked him, he wouldn't want us to be extra motivated for it. Just wanted to come in here and - and I'm sure if you would ask him, he would want us to come in here, get off this road trip on the right foot. He wasn't worried about his homecoming or anything like that. But it was nice, not just for him, but for Lew, too. It was big to get them the win - they were here for a lot of years, won some championships here and probably have a lot of great memories here. I'm sure this game feels a lot better and special to them, but it feels better with a win, for sure."