Smith: So, you don't get to meet the emergency goaltender in each city, like, they don't introduce you to them just in case?
Muzzatti: No, it's such a long shot. I went down to try to get to know him a little bit, ask him a couple questions. I didn't know his background. He was relatively calm, maybe a little too loose. Give him credit. He stayed calm.
Smith: What do you tell him right before he goes in?
Muzzatti: I didn't want to disrespect him because I didn't know his background. We're sitting there in the locker room going, 'This guy's about to go in an NHL game.' I was just trying to think of some basic things to focus on to get dialed in. We just talked about a couple things. I didn't want to overload him or anything. When he came in between periods, both Reimer and I just talked about a couple things, something to dial in on and focus on. He just said, 'Hey, you know, I'll get 'er going here. I just had to get warmed up a little bit.' It's an amazing story.
Smith: Did you watch the end of the second period from downstairs?
Muzzatti: I was down in the locker room because we had a lot of possibilities going on. Definitely learned all the ins and outs of what happens when you lose a couple goalies and what the options are. None of us could have gone in. It would have had to have been the second emergency back-up or we put in a player.
Smith: Could Ryan Dzingel could have dressed?
Muzzatti: He was one option. Quite honestly, Reimer deserves a lot of credit. He was willing to pop back in, but he wasn't in a position to do it. We were trying to strategize a little bit on how he could compensate for what he was dealing with just if it started to get out of hand, but it never did. We kept a close eye and watched from the locker room.
Smith: You see the first two shots go in. What are you thinking then?
Muzzatti: I'm thinking it's probably going to be about 15-3. That's what I'm thinking. But what it did was it challenged our guys to step up. That's probably the most amazing thing that went on tonight. It's a great individual story, but we rallied.