Todd McLellan, on using Alex Iafallo to the left of Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown:

31 teams coaching staffs would play him like we do, because coaches tend to like players they can trust in all situations. He’s got the tools, he uses his toolbox, he gives you everything he has whenever he can, and what else can you ask from a player? There’s no shortcuts, there’s no cheating. If he makes a mistake, it’s a mistake. So, I enjoy putting him on the ice, It’s probably a formula that others need to realize or understand. He’s not going to lead our team in scoring, but he’s got to find ways to play a lot of important minutes, because we want to keep putting him out there.

Dustin Brown, on how the shift in the 1-3-1 affects his line and the first two forwards into the zone:

Generally speaking, we want our right wingers on that red line on the right side just the way we’ve been playing. As a group of three, I think we’ve gotten into a pretty good rhythm in that neutral zone, because maybe once or twice in the time that I’ve played with them – I’ve been a few games off that line – but consistently it helps me, because that’s a new position for me to play, that kind of ‘hold pattern’ over there. I’ve been on the forecheck and neutral zone maybe four or five times, a handful of times, so again, it comes back to just learning it.