HE WAS SWITCHED TO A DIFFERENT LINE IN THE IRD AND HE WOULD
SCORE THE IMPORTANCE -- GETTING CONFIDENCE IN THIS
LEAGUE I'M SURE TAKES MORE TIME THAN THE TIME IT DOES FOR
VETERANS. DO YOU THINK.
DO YOU FEEL THAT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN BUILD ON?
YEAH. HUNDRED%.
DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU'RE A YOUNG GUY AND PET.
THAT'S BIG SO. I'VE GOT A -- I'M PRETTY SURE
ABOUT THE CAPITALS NEXT GAME. HE'S BEEN DOING ALL KIND OF
THINGS TO WORK HIS BUTT OFF. IT'S GOING TO SOMETIMES WHEN YOU
GO THROUGH THOSE STRETCHES, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, FORCES
YOU TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE LITTLE THINGS, LITTLE PARTS OF
YOUR GAME SIMPLY FIGHT. YOU'VE GOT SO MANY BIG GOALS
YOURSELF. HOW MUCH DOES THAT WE KNEW THAT
THEY WERE GOING TO SLAM THE DOOR AND DO EVERYTHING THEY COULD.
THE NUMBER ONE STAR OF THE GAME WAS VINCENT TROCHECK.
MOMENTS AGO DAVE MALONEY INSIDE THE RANGERS AVENUE DRESSING ROOM
SPOKE WITH HOW GOOD DOES THAT F? IT FEELS GREAT.
SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WHENEVER WE TURN OUR GAME ON AND EVEN BETTER
THAT WE WERE DOWN ONE GOING INTO THE THIRD AND WE WERE ABLE TO
FIGHT BACK AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS TEAM NEEDED RIGHT NOW
WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CONFIDENCE BOOST AND JUST SHOWING OURSELVES
WHAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF. I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SECOND INTERMISSION?
WAS IT JUST A REGROUP? NOT A WHOLE LOT TO BE HONEST
WITH YOU. WE TALKED AMONGST OURSELVES.
GO OUT THERE AND FELT LIKE A MUST-WIN GAME FOR US.
JUST HAD TO GO OUT THERE. LOOKED LIKE YOU KEPT IT
PRETTY SIMPLE IN THE THIRD. I THINK THAT'S THE KEY TO OUR
GAME RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE TO START KEEPING IT A
LITTLE BIT SIMPLER. MAYBE WE PUT UP SIX GOALS.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE FIRE POWER TO PUT THE PUCK IN THE
NET. WE JUST NEED TO FIX A FEW THINGS
ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE PUCK AND CONTINUE TO PLAY THAT
SIMPLE STYLE. I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY GOOD
THE CROWD EARLY IN THE THIRD HAD A "LET'S GO RANGER" CHANT.
HERE'S ZIBANEJAD. A COUPLE OF NEW YOUNG
WINGERS. YOUR THOUGHTS?
FUN. IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHO YOU
PLAY WITH BUT OBVIOUSLY PLAYING WITH THOSE TWO GUYS, TOOK A
LITTLE BIT, COUPLE SHIFTS IN THE SECOND AND THIRD I THOUGHT EVERY
LINE PLAYED GREAT. WE STEPPED IT UP IN THE THIRD.
PLAYED LIKE WE WANTED TO AND WE WERE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE
DESPERATE AND I'D SAY HUNGRY AND REALLY WANTED THIS WIN.
IT WAS A REALLY GOOD THIRD PERIOD AND GOOD COMEBACK.
TALK ABOUT THE THIRD. CAN YOU THINK OF WHAT TURNED IT?
WAS IT THE GOAL, A HIT, PENALTY? I THINK IT WAS JUST FROM THE
FIRST SHIFTS. YOU COULD TELL.
YOU COULD TELL GUYS COMING OUT OF THIS LOCKER ROOM.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IF YOU GUYS ASKED ABOUT
IT. IT WAS TIME FOR US TO SHOW IT
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE WAS READY TO DO AND THAT'S WHAT
WE DID. Reporter: IT'S GOT TO FEEL
GOOD TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. FOR SURE.
A LOT BETTER THAN STANDING HERE TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER LOSS.
I APPRECIATE THE WINS AND I THINK EVERYONE FEELS A LOT
BETTER ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.
GET SOME TIPS. NOT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GOALS
BUT -- I DON'T CARE.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK AT THIS GAME IN A
COUPLE YEARS AND SAY, OH, WE SCORED REALLY NICE GOALS.
WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING PUCKS TO THE NET AND GETTING TRAFFIC AND
I THINK EVERYONE IN HOCKEY TALKS ABOUT IT BUT I THINK IT'S PART
OF THAT DESPERATION, TOO. BEING HUNGRY, BEING AROUND THE
NET AND WANTING TO SCORE. THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
I'M SUPER PROUD OF THE GUYS. JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP
GOING. THE WAY THE OFFSEASON UNFOLD
L UNFOLDED, IT FELT LIKE A YOUNG
C CORE TONIGHT.
I THINK EVERYONE CONTRIBUTED TODAY.
AND OBVIOUSLY AS A YOUNG GUY YOU WANT TO CONTRIBUTE OFFENSIVELY
AND HELPING THE TEAM TO SCORE AND TO WIN.
I THINK THEY DO THAT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS BUT I THINK
OBVIOUSLY IT MUST BE NICE TO GET A COUPLE GOALS AND I FEEL THAT
VINNY TROCHECK THE NUMBER ONE STAR TONIGHT.
TONIGHT'S PRESS CONFERENCE IS COURTESY OF CHASE.
IT WAS THREE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERIODS.
FIRST PERIOD I THOUGHT WAS A GOOD GAME.
TWO TEAMS NOT GIVING UP A LOT. SECOND PERIOD OBVIOUSLY WITH THE
PENALTIES WE TOOK AND THEN WE FELT BEHIND AND KEPT CHASING THE
GAME AFTER THAT AND GIVE UP A COUPLE BAD GOALS ON THE RUSH.
AND THEN IN THE THIRD PERIOD WE FOUND A WAY TO GET TO THE NET
AND A COUPLE DIE FLEX GOALS. SO IT WAS THREE COMPLETE
DIFFERENT PERIODS. WE'LL TAKE THE "W."
IT'S A BIG WIN FOR US. BUT IT WASN'T A PERFECT GAME BY
NO MEANS FOR EITHER TEAM. WHAT YOU DID IN THE FIRST
PERIOD, THOUGH, IS THAT SUSTAINABLE?
NO, THAT'S WHY WE GOT TO PLAY.
WE MIXED THE LINES UP A LITTLE BIT.
I LIKE THE LINE COMBINATION I GOT THIS MORNING FROM THE MEDIA.
SO IT WAS ALL GOOD. THEY DID A GOOD JOB.
CAN YOU GIVE US INSIGHT INTO WHY YOU FELT LIKE --
AFTER THE SECOND IT WAS SORT OF -- I WASN'T LIKING WHAT I WAS
SEEING. I WASN'T LIKING WHAT I WAS
SEEING MID WAY THROUGH THE SECOND PERIOD AND I WANTED TO
TRY AND SPARK SOMETHING AGAIN. LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, THE TWO
KIDS DESERVED SOME OPPORTUNITIES AND I THOUGHT THEY PLAYED REALLY
WELL AND FOR ME IT MADE THE THREE LINES ALL BETTER.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL SUSTAIN IT. WE'LL SEE.
DO YOU THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO THEM GETTING A
LITTLE JUMP IN THEIR GAME BECAUSE THEY'RE PLAYING WITH
MIKA OR GETTING MORE OPPORTUNITIES?
I THINK SO. DEFINITELY.
IT'S A PERIOD AND A HALF. SO THEY'RE YOUNG PLAYERS AND WE
TALKED ABOUT IT A NUMBER OF TIMES.
YOU KNOW, CONFERENCE GOES A LONG WAY WITH YOUNG PLAYERS AND
PLAYING WITH. HE FEELS LIKE HE CAN'T CATCH
A BREAK. UNREAL, UNREAL.
YOU CAN DOING IT, KEEP SHOOTING AND GOING TO THE NET AND GOOD
THINGS WILL HAPPEN. YOU GET A GOAL FROM K'ANDRE
CONTRIBUTE. HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT GOING?
YEAH, IT'S BIG FOR K'ANDRE. HE'S PLAYED PRETTY WELL FOR US
ALL YEAR. LIKE I SAID, IT'S A SIMPLE GAME
BUT WHEN YOU PUT PUCKS TO THE NENT YOU PUT PUCKS AND SOME
FUNNY BOUNCES AND DEFLECTION GOALS.
Reporter: I FEEL LIKE WE TALKED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
SEASON A LOT ABOUT THE KID TAKING A STEP FORWARD AND HOW
IMPORTANT THAT WOULD BE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE SEASON.
JUST TO SEE IT UNFOLD LIKE HOW IT DID TONIGHT, HOW IMPORTANT IS
THAT? I HOPE WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT,
WHAT DO WE HAVE LEFT, 55, WHATEVER IT IS.
THEY WERE REAL GOOD TONIGHT. THEY SHOWED THEMSELVES.
JUST KEEPING. WELL, IT MEANT A LOT.
OBVIOUSLY THE STREAK WHEEF BEEN IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS HASN'T
BEEN GOOD. IT'SES TO PIF MOVING TOWARD AND
WE'RE GETTING BACK TO PLAY VEGAS AND COLORADO A COUPLE JIETS