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Martin St-Louis enjoyed a career of more than 1,100 games in the NHL. He has enough experience to know when to criticize his players or when to take responsibility on his shoulders. After that 8-4 loss to the Capitals, he looked in his own direction saying he didn’t spend enough time on the 4-on-4 game in practice. In his defence, he doesn’t have much time to hold practices at the end of the season.
“Four against four, we scored two goals. The Capitals are good when they have even more space. I’ll take some blame. We didn’t work a lot on our four against four. We took punishment. The best players gained confidence by hitting multiple pucks. We lost the rhythm of the game. »
–Martin St-Louis
Jake Evans scored his 11and goal of the season with a powerful slap shot. After the match, Evans refused to bring up the departures of Ben Chiarot and Artturi Lehkonen to explain the team’s defensive slowdown.
“I don’t think that’s a factor. There are no excuses. It’s our job. We are NHL players. Ben and Lehky were good defensive players. But we made too many mistakes late against the Caps. There are times when it was not beautiful in our territory. »
–Jake Evans
Josh Anderson rubbed his nose against Tom Wilson more than once in this game. Number 17 defended Evans after an altercation near the Canadian bench.
“It’s part of the game. When Wilson hits my teammates, not just one, it’s my responsibility to get involved. But I shouldn’t have taken a punishment on him. I put my team in a delicate situation. »
–Josh Anderson