Colorado Center Derick Brassard
On Calgary Goaltender Mike Smith: "He was in his game obviously. We know this team, they ran with two goalies all season long. He's beatable, he is a good goalie, but we can find a way to pass some pucks through him. That was the story of the game last game, I think we didn't capitalize on the chances that we had. At the end of the second period and after that, we were chasing the game a little bit, but for first game, on the road, I thought we played a pretty good game. It's never easy to come in on the road and usually in the first period, the home team, they always come out pretty hard. Our first period was really good and for the most part of the second period, we dominated the play. I mean that's what the playoffs are, just try to get the momentum as fast as you can and you expect every team to push back, but for the most part I think we played a pretty good game."
On Capitalizing On Chances:"We have to trust our instincts and it's not because it's playoffs now, you kind of have to overthink when you have the puck and you have scoring chances. We had some odd-man rushes that we didn't end up shooting the puck. Guys were trying to make plays, that's the main thing. You just have to kind of read the play and go with what you have in front of you. There's always the part of going in front of him and trying to get those dirty goals as well. There's a lot of things that we can do differently offensively, but it was one of those games."