Bob Gainey Game Quotations

Markov raised his game to the level I thought he would.

I think at some point, we're going to make a decision of who's going to start the first game of the playoffs. But let's get in the playoffs, we still don't have that nailed down. In the meantime, we're using all of our players to get us there.

We're not talking in terms of winning the series; we're talking about taking each game one at a time.

The way both teams are going, that's why you saw the game that we saw. It was important game and it could have effect the outcome of the season.

Once we got down a couple of goals I think we went into shock and at that point, really the game tonight was over. Our team stumbled hard early in the game, and really by the 5-minute mark of the first period the outcome of the game was established.

I hadn't been close to the ice for a game in quite a while. It was a fun game to be a part of.

I didn't see anyone looking and wondering if someone was going to show up out of the blue. It's part of their lives. Players are in and players are out all through the season. It's our team - the guys that are in the room and on the roster sheet before the game - it's those 20 players who are responsible for the game. It's not the guys who aren't there.

It was an important game and it could affect the outcome of the season.

That power-play goal, the first goal we scored .... was a nice message for our team that we were in the game and skate with them.

It's a small piece of the bigger production, and one game is not an indicator.

It was a terrific game to be involved in and hopefully it was a great game for the fans. You could see that kind of determination in Florida right until the final buzzer.