“Fun moment. I mean, that last face-off, too, we’re up by two. If we were up by one, I’d probably just try to chip it out. But yeah, I tried to take a look at it at least, see what happens. But fortunate enough to get it in there. So yeah, cool moment.

“I’m usually not known for my goal-scoring ability. I couldn’t buy a goal for 20 games. So, that tells you the story.”

“Pretty remarkable tonight with what happened with the back-to-back hat tricks. And Mattias playing as many games as he has and finally getting his first, he told me he was close to getting a hat trick a long time ago and had an opportunity on an empty net and missed the net.

“But tonight, he wasn’t missing that. That was right down the middle. It’s good. The odds of him scoring a hat trick tonight were probably pretty low, and it’s pretty exciting. He’s been playing really good hockey, and the fact that he got three tonight, everyone’s really happy for him.”

“I thought they were great, breaking the puck out for the most part, and obviously joining the rush and creating offence for us. You need that. You need every part of the game to contribute, and the last couple of games, they’ve obviously been key.”

“A lot of fresh legs and a lot of enthusiasm. Lots of skill, so a team that has a bright future, for sure. They’ve certainly taken some steps.”

“I think we were doing a lot of good things out there, playing the right way. Everyone was doing what we can in our systems, and I think we’ve been doing a really good job for seven or eight games.

“Obviously, we didn’t rewarded tonight, but it’s not an easy game playing back-to-back and coming into this building.”