17 Quotes by Sergei Gonchar

Maybe we just didn't shoot enough in previous games on the power play. But with a guy like John LeClair in front of the net, he's a great guy to have there when you shoot, so we have to use him.

If we can somehow fix this problem, it's going to keep us in the games. The game is going to be closer, and we're going to have a better chance in the third period. It's so hard to come back when you're down two goals, and we put ourselves in the position of having to battle back. It's hard to do.

He has the whole package. He has everything.

I was trying to create offense. It seemed like I caught those guys flat-footed. Maybe it was a long shift for them ... I don't know. I just skated around them, and found the goal.

We've been working on it every day. Finally, it paid off.

When you lose nine in a row, you don't have that confidence. But the good thing about this club is we stayed together. When it's 4-0, we had all the excuses to lose, but we didn't panic. We all needed this, because there was a lot of pressure on us, with all the talent here and we weren't winning.

Everything was so tight, and nobody wanted to make any mistakes. Everyone was concentrating on defense. Our first goal would be key, and we were lucky to win.

Sometimes, when you shoot the puck, you get a lucky bounce once in a while. That was the case.

Special teams were the key. We scored on the power play and Washington didn't. That was the difference.