Lindy Ruff Win Quotations

The road's been a pretty tough place for most of the teams in this league. We just want to continue to push and continue to win these road games.

Part of it is, you look at who's playing goal now. I think their problems have stemmed . . . Theodore's had a tough time. Everybody realizes he is a heck of a goalie, but he has struggled. It starts there. If you're not getting key saves or if you're not just getting the saves that allow you to win hockey games, it makes it tough on the team.

He can win a game by himself. They got a couple of lucky bounces, but he made the difference.

We've had a great case of ham and egg this year. When the goaltending has given up three or four we've scored the right number to win a game, and when we haven't been able to score too much our goaltenders have kept them down to one or two.

It's the one area we've really been working on. We did a much better job tonight, and we needed it to win the game.

But it's knowing that we have a job to do every day and this business is all about winning.

It's north and south pole. When you win you feel great, but when you lose it, it's like you've lost 10 games in a row.

I'd rather have a 16, as in Stanley Cup playoff wins.

He's built for the game. He's got good tools at the back end and he's a very good defender. We've never given him a set role. He began to play well on the power play and he gained a lot of confidence from that. That confidence came from him knowing that he would be in the lineup night after night.

You can't get much hotter. We work hard, we don't quit and we're winning games in a lot of different ways.

It's a great way to win a game and a real bad way to lose one.

We're a good road team, and we have to go out and win a road game. That would make a big statement. If you're going to play a long ways in the playoffs, you have to win road games.

We're a good road team, and we have to go out and win a road game.

We just play to win games. If that's Marty, then it'll be Marty. If it's Ryan, then it'll be Ryan.

We had to take advantage of a club with depleted defense. To finish the year with a win like this, this is a real good win for us.

It's the type of win you have to muster up with the injuries.

Some people may perceive it as he's moved down the ladder, but he's had a good season. He's had his ups and downs. I still think he's progressing as a player. He's the type of player who will help us win games the rest of the way.

I told the guys in there that this is a hell of an accomplishment, something they can be proud of. When you win on the road, it shows you have a team that competes night and night out.

It is a big game and it would be a big win for us. The message is, we've got to give them the biggest battle we can give them.

I thought coming out in the third period we really set the tone. We made a statement that we were trying to go after it. We went after it hard. We got some key saves, some key defensive plays that allowed our power play to win the game.