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An interview with:
VALTTERI FILPPULA
Q. Well, it's a three-game series now. How do you approach it in that regard?
VALTTERI FILPPULA: Well, I think we obviously go one game at a time. I think we've been playing pretty well. I think first game, first period, we didn't play how we wanted, but after that I think we've been playing pretty well. Obviously, the last couple games it's tough when you give up so many goals, but I think in those games we've been doing a lot of good things.
Q. Is it difficult to get a read on teams when every game seems to be so vastly different?
VALTTERI FILPPULA: No, I don't think so. We played against them in the regular season. Now we've played against them a few times already. I think both teams know each other fairly well and know what the other team wants to do. So it's not too tough.
Q. You guys were so dominant in that second period. Do you have to maybe play a more conservative brand of hockey?
VALTTERI FILPPULA: Well, I mean, you can't keep giving up so many goals. I think that's the main thing. I think we spent a lot of time in their zone, had a lot of good chances and should have scored a few more goals. Obviously, that's the plan. But I don't think we need to change too many things, just play a little bit better defensively.
Q. Stamkos has obviously found his scoring touch in the last two games. Have you noticed a difference in his game? Is there more room for him? Are you guys getting the puck to him better? What is happening there?
VALTTERI FILPPULA: Well, I mean, he creates his own room. He moves so well. I think whenever you get a few goals and things go your way, you get more confident, and I think he looks really confident right now. It's huge for us.
Q. It's been a long time since Bishop has given up five goals in the back end. How much confidence do you have in him going forward?
VALTTERI FILPPULA: A lot of confidence. He's been great for us all year. I think a lot of those goals they bounce off somewhere, there is not a whole lot he could have done. I think he's one of the biggest reasons why we're here right now, so I have a lot of confidence in him.
BRAYDON COBURN
Q. After two games, what do you guys need to do differently or change differently?
BRAYDON COBURN: I think we've just got to play better. There are a lot of aspects of the game that go into playing defense. Obviously, our penalty kill, we've got to make sure we shut them down and defensively we've got to pick things up.
Q. Are you happy with the chances that you were given?
BRAYDON COBURN: I don't think so. I think we can definitely do a better job of limiting the quality of their chances and trying to keep them to the outside a little bit more. They scored some goals in front of the net, so maybe that's an area we can clean up as well.
Q. Ben Bishop has been so good for you all playoffs and the regular season, to allow five goals in back-to-back games is probably not indicative of his goaltending?
BRAYDON COBURN: Probably not. But he's a great goaltender and we lean on him a lot, and we expect him to be better as we expect our team to play better.
Q. What's made their power play effective the last two games?
BRAYDON COBURN: It's been a couple different things. They just capitalized on the chances they've had.
Q. Is it hard to have a tight checking game just because you have so much speed on the ice on both sides? I know you guys want to play a 2-1 style game, but it's not turning out that way. Is it just impossible to play that kind of game?
BRAYDON COBURN: Impossible, no, absolutely not. For whatever reason the games have been on the higher scoring end of it, but I don't know if that's going to be the case going forward. I'm not sure. But you know what? There is a lot of skill on both sides, but as teams tighten up, maybe that will change. I don't know.
JASON GARRISON
Q. What can you guys do better defensively after giving up five goals in each of the last two games?
JASON GARRISON: I think there are probably a few things that we can do better defensively. I think we've got to obviously limit their scoring chances. They seem to have been getting a couple breaks on the rush, and they're using their speed. So I think we can start from there and clean things up kind of in the neutral zone and not give those chances up.
Q. What are you expecting out of Bishop after two games where he lost five goals each?
JASON GARRISON: Yeah, I think he's probably not happy about that, and I don't think any of his teammates are really, so collectively as a team we've got to make sure that doesn't happen. You can't win in the playoffs very much letting those kind of goals up.
Q. With the back and forth, scoring chance here, scoring chance there. Is that an area where you guys are happy?
JASON GARRISON: No, I mean, I think we've always said from day one that we've got to take care of our net. Sometimes you can get away from that and concentrate more on the offense, but I don't think we want to play kind of back-and-forth hockey. That's not really our game plan, but it seems to have been like that the last couple games. So we've just got to make sure that we look at that and look where we're kind of giving them their chances and kind of try to do something to resolve that.
COACH COOPER
Q. After watching the tape, I assume you watched it, what did you like about the game last night?
COACH COOPER: I liked our effort. We played hard. We created a lot of chances to score, we just didn't score. It was a combination of us not executing and the Rangers playing good defense, and Lundqvist being strong on goal.
Bottom line is Rangers won 5-1, and the series is 2-2, and that's probably how it should be. These are two good teams battling it out. It's really, really exciting hockey. Got to turn the page. Even after a win, you've got to turn the page.
Q. So turning the page, what didn't you like about what you saw?
COACH COOPER: Much like probably the Rangers were getting a little maligned for giving up back-to-back sixes, well, we've given up back-to-back fives. We can sit here and say all we want and pat ourselves on the back and say we had chances to score. Well, moral victories don't get you this far, and we're giving up too many goals.
You can't continue to sit here and say we need to score six every night to win. We need to score three to win, and that's what we have to get back to. So we've got to look after our net a little bit better.
Q. It's been a long time since Bishop has given up back-to-back goals, now five goals in back-to-back games.
COACH COOPER: Well, if you think about the history of our team since I guess our band has been together for the last two years, we've had pretty good responses after we've lost games. I'm not sitting here saying we're playing poorly, because I don't think we're playing poorly. Do we have some things we have to tighten up? Yes. But give the Rangers credit. They're making us do things that are probably a little outside of our comfort zone.
They've got a lot of good players over there, so they're hard to contain just as probably they think we are in some respect. But we've been a pretty good bounce-back team, and we've had a fairly good history of bouncing back after losses.
I know when we spoke after the game yesterday our guys had a pretty determined look on their face. They know the series wasn't going to be a sweep. Now it's down to the best of three, and game on.
Q. Bishop like (No Microphone). Are there those qualities?
COACH COOPER: I just don't think you get here to this point in the season and even into the playoffs without having a goaltender, a guy that bails you out when you need to be bailed out. Ben Bishop has bailed us out some games. Have we bailed him out? Sure we have sometimes. But for the most part, Bishop has been rock solid for us. Especially for a kid that's not played in an NHL playoff game before, there is a brighter light on him, and all he's done is passed every test that gets sent his way. The tighter the game has got and the more pressure packed the series got, Ben Bishop got better, and you can't ask any more than that.
I understand your question, but for somebody to sit here and say, oh, are we changing the goalie, it's asinine to me.
Q. Thoughts on pulling Bishop?
COACH COOPER: Asinine. Well, okay, we're not allowed to use that word in print? What would be another word for that?
Q. Preposterous?
COACH COOPER: Preposterous. Okay, that's one more syllable than asinine. It's more powerful. Okay.
Q. Any update on Matt Carle? Will he have a chance to play tomorrow?
COACH COOPER: He's improving, so we'll see. I guess there is always a chance, but we won't be able to know. I haven't seen him today. I'll see him when I get on the plane.
Q. Talk about your defensive plays.
COACH COOPER: I would say it's inconsistent. I think when there is long stretches where we're not giving up anything, and then there is just a Fleury. I look at last night's game, we didn't, I consider, give up a ton through the first 45 minutes. We gave up a ton in the last 15 minutes.
But aside from that, it's just these little inconsistencies. We've got to improve on our special teams as well. That's a power play. Didn't get it done last night. Our penalty kill has been a little leaky the last couple games. When your special teams are rolling, it helps you roll. So we've just got to tighten up in some areas. Our efforts there is just a little bit execution. We go through these little flurries where the Rangers have taken advantage of us, and we've just got to tighten it up.
Q. Regarding the triplets
COACH COOPER: So one game they had three shots. Another one - that's right up there with are you going to switch goalies.
Q. I'm just wondering what adjustments (No Microphone)?
COACH COOPER: Well, okay. I think Kucherov had an open - what do we call that, open something and Tyler Johnson on the first one. So if those two go in, which a lot of times in the postseason they have, I think those kids have been really, really good for us.
I think it's pretty cool when they don't get on the score sheet, it says a lot about them. So that's a big statement for how far those kids have come.
Q. Stamkos seems to have really found his touch?
COACH COOPER: Stammer's been awesome. I think that's what's really helped us is that we've had a couple lines that have been scoring. Our depth lines have been, for the most part, been playing "D", and that's what's gotten us to this point so far. Because Jonny's line has been carrying us for quite some time, and now we've kind of got our body back a little bit. We've just got to tighten up on the defensive end.
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