"As a team we knew we were capable of getting in the win column tonight," Nurse said as the Oilers snapped their streak of four straight losses to the Leafs. "It was a big win for us and something to build off of going into this final stretch of the season."
"We definitely played a stronger second and a better third and Smitty made some big saves, especially the one in overtime on Matthews that allowed us to come back the other way," Turris said. "We're coming together as a team. Down the stretch here in the last 20 games we want to be making strides in the right direction and getting hot at the right time going into the playoffs."
"I was happy for Turris, he's gone through a lot," Head Coach Dave Tippett said of the veteran forward who ended up missing two and a half weeks of game action this month due to the NHL's COVID protocol. "If anybody deserved to have one go in off his ass, it's him."