"As soon as it's the playoffs, all the personal feelings goes aside," Tatar said. "We are all here for one goal and that's to win. It doesn't matter who is in or who is out. Everybody's pulling for one (thing) and that's to win."
Tatar had 34 points (20 goals, 14 assists) this season, but six (four goals, two assists) in 20 games after he was acquired by the Golden Knights.
"It's not easy to come into a group that's already somehow, even if you are a young group, you are really solidified quite quick," Vegas center Pierre-Edouard Bellemare said. "[Tatar] came, and he had a chance to play right away, and then he didn't play and he just kept working. Great attitude to help us when we were in a tough loss, in the locker room, behind the scenes. I always like him in the lineup. It's always fun. He did it against Winnipeg (scoring in Game 2) and he helped us big time, so it's always fun to see a guy who is patient, keeps working and then suddenly it pays off."
The Golden Knights have been a productive team for most of the playoffs but scored three goals in the past two games. Their only goal in a 3-1 Game 3 loss was scored by fourth-line forward Tomas Nosek off a turnover by Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby.
"We know the last three games, for the most part, Washington was the better team in the series," Gallant said. "We have to change it. We have to work a little harder, compete a little harder, we have to be first on pucks a little quicker. It can change in a hurry if we get back to our game and play well."
