Quotes of the night: Gallagher, Price, Kotkaniemi, Danault & Muller

TORONTO - Following a 5-0 Habs win on Friday, the Flyers and Canadiens faced off for a much less lopsided game on Sunday night.

Carey Price posted a .950 save percentage on his 33rd birthday, the Habs hit five posts in 60 minutes, 20-year-old Jesperi Kotkaniemi led all Canadiens forwards in ice time with 19:32 in a 1-0 Flyers win in Game 3.

Read on for some of the best quotes from the post-game media op:

Birthday boy Carey Price on what the Habs did well in Game 3

"Well we came out and played physical off the get-go in the first period. I thought we did a good job of fighting through as the game progressed, and we generated chances. We hit four or five goal posts. And, you know, their goaltender played well. Sometimes you've got to tip your hat to a hot goaltender. I thought we did all the right things to win a hockey game tonight."

Assistant captain Brendan Gallagher on the importance of starting - and finishing -- strong

"I mean, it's the style of game we expected coming in. You know, they find a way to put one in our net and we were unable to beat their goaltender. It wasn't that they came out hard in the first period, they had a push which we expected. After that, I mean there were chances both ways. We just didn't do a good enough job of, I guess, outworking their goaltender and helping ours out. I mean, when you give up one goal you should be able to win the hockey game. You've just got to find a way to produce at the other end of the ice."

Jesperi Kotkaniemi on a closely-contested Game 3

"I think it was a tight game. They came in hard. We were ready for that. I think we had the chances we needed tonight; we just need to bury those."

Kirk Muller dissects Game 3 and shares the message he'll be communicating with his players ahead of Game 4

"The effort was there. That was a playoff game tonight, an NHL playoff game. There were two really good goalies who played really well. Both teams didn't give up much. We knew today was going to be a tough game. I thought in the first period, they had power plays and we couldn't get momentum like the last game. But as the game went on, what I like is our guys didn't quit; it was a great effort. We fought through the second, the third, hit some posts. If one of those goes in, maybe it's a different outcome. But I can honestly say to our players, 'Listen, you didn't quit, you kept going, you kept pushing.' I thought the effort was great for everybody tonight."

"This is playoff hockey; this is what it's all about. We had a strong game the other night; we knew that Philly was going to come back. They had a good game here tonight; they pushed us hard. It's a new day tomorrow. We're going to wake up tomorrow, we're going to gather around, we've got some young guys on this team and we've got some great leaders. We keep preaching about our team and what we do well. We'll mention that again tomorrow, and we'll be ready to go next game. This game is over. I think there are things we can fix but overall, the same effort is what we're looking for next game. Stay the game plan, and we'll keep pushing."