On the team’s performance:
I thought right from the start we took control of the game and maintained that all the way through. We were good on special teams. Good goaltending. It was certainly more indicative of what we think we are capable of.
That is a shorthanded team playing over there, but as we all know, we have played against shorthanded teams before and it hasn’t gone like this here today. I thought we did what we needed to do tonight in terms of taking control of the game and maintaining it.
On the big guns heating up:
I thought it was evident early in the game for Matthews, Nylander, and Bunting that they had a little extra jump in their step.