COACH JOEL QUENNEVILLE, DUNCAN KEITH, AND TOMAS KOPECKY

Q.  Coach, it seems in the last couple of games that the Flyers have carried the play in the third period.  I wonder how have they been doing that, and how do you counter it?
QUENNEVILLE:  I thought we were pretty effective for the first 40 minutes.  We were pretty good at the start of the third when we scored.  Then they scored in the following shift.  I think we lost a lot of momentum there right away.  Didn't get a chance to take advantage of playing with the lead.
We spent some time in our end, not as bad as last game.  But I thought in overtime we had a couple of good looks there with a chance to end there.  It's what happens in OT.

Q. Duncan, you knew this was going to be a tough game, a must-win for Philadelphia.  They played pretty desperate hockey tonight.
DUNCAN KEITH:  Yeah, I thought it was close, though.  Could have went either way.  Give them credit, though.  They played a solid game.

Q.  Anything you could do defensively in the third period?  Because the last two games the Flyers have really taken it to you
TOMAS KOPECKY:  Play better offensively.  More we hold on to the pucks in their zone, it's going to be tougher for them to score.  I think we just have to protect the puck a little more.  Keep cycling and keep the puck -- once we get in our zone, we got to keep it simple.  Get it out.  Flips and foot races.  And we have a fast enough team to push the pace.

Q.  Coach, every game so far has been a one-goal game.  Is this what you expect for the remainder of this Series?
QUENNEVILLE:  You never know.  It's very competitive.  It's a fast-paced game.  Fast-paced series.  Both teams have some weapons that can attack offensively.  I think they are respectful for their attack games as well.
You can't forecast scores.  We have had a wild first game.  A little bit lower scoring last game.  This game is on the line from start to finish, as all three games have been.  But it's entertaining hockey, and the pace is all out.

QUENNEVILLE:  I think Buff is pretty composed.  I think Buff has been a factor and something they have to be concerned about.  I just think we have to play hard against Prongs, and Buff knows where he gets rewarded by going to the net.  But he'll continue to battle and persevere and do what he has to do.

Q.  I know it's a tough loss.  Do you take any positives out of the game?
COACH QUENNEVILLE:  First 40 minutes we started the game there, and it was the way we wanted to begin the game, and did some good things.  I thought we had speed.  We were dangerous in a lot of ways.  They had two power-play goals to get themselves in a good position.  And we battled back there, key goal there in the second.
In the third period, anything can happen.  You start overtime, that look.  It's one of those games that from start to finish could have gone either way.  Timely goal by them at the end.  We had some timely goals ourselves.  It's pretty competitive where we're at.

Q. Duncan, you knew this was going to be a tough game, a must-win for Philadelphia.  They played pretty desperate hockey tonight.
DUNCAN KEITH:  Yeah, I thought it was close, though.  Could have went either way.  Give them credit, though.  They played a solid game.

Q.  Every single one of the games so far has been one-goal games.  This is the first time you guys have lost a one-goal game.  Is it going to be like this, do you expect the whole series, this tight?
DUNCAN KEITH:  Yeah, I would think so.  We've played with a lot of one-goal games throughout this year.  So it's not something we haven't seen before.  What can you say, they made a nice play at the end.
I'm not sure what happened there off the rush, but seemed like they had an odd-man rush.  When you have those players like Briere, he's going to make a nice play.


Q.  Duncan, the last two games you guys have been – outshot in the third period of the last two games.  Is that a bit of a disturbing trend?
DUNCAN KEITH:  I don't notice.  When I'm playing I don't think about things like that.  You're playing in the moment.  Seemed like we had some chances too.  I thought I had one right at the end there.  I mean, they get some shots, but I don't know -- Antti is seeing them.  It's a different story.

Q.  Can you do anything differently on the power-play?  You haven't scored one yet in the Series.
DUNCAN KEITH:  Yeah, we could do a lot of things differently.  We just need to shoot, keep it simple.  And that's about it.

Q.        Kind of similar in the sense that it could have gone either way.  It just goes against you.
TOMAS KOPECKY:  I mean, we have to be way better.  Especially right after when I don't think we were hungry enough.  Today was a tough game.  We stayed with it, and in overtime it could go either way.  We had one good shift there.  Leighton made a couple of good saves.
We have to just keep going to the net more, keep scurrying him and throwing everything at the net to get the rebounds, second and third chances.

Q.  Tomas, that chippiness, is it taking away from the skill game, the team skill game at all?
TOMAS KOPECKY:  No, when you make sure your skills come out.  Each guy in this dressing room is competing 100%.  Skills is going to come out when you work hard, everything takes --


Q.  Pretty deflating on the bench after Kane scores and they respond right away?
TOMAS KOPECKY:  Yeah.  It's always a big shift after we score or they score.  We know that, and each guy in the dressing room is basically doing what they can.  Today was one of those games we were going to take five minutes like we did after last game and we are going to learn from it.  The one good thing is we're playing back on Friday.

Q.  You just have to forget about this fast?
TOMAS KOPECKY:  I agree.  There's no reason to panic or anything.  It was one game, and take five minutes, learn from it.  We know where we made our mistakes, each and every one of us.  We just have to keep growing and bringing even more on Friday.

Q.  Obviously, a huge relief when the goal is disallowed in overtime.  What were the thoughts there?  You guys just couldn't capitalize for the next one?
TOMAS KOPECKY:  Yeah, I thought we were going to -- there was a little energy for us.  I thought we were going to change momentum right away.  They just came with another goal.  Not much you can do.  Take five minutes, learn from this and get back on working harder on Friday.

Q.  What is it about the third period?  It seems like they've been the energy team in both games so far in the last two?  Does it feel that way?
TOMAS KOPECKY:  Not really.  Like we had lots of energy too.  We played four lines.  All the guys were contributing as well.  Not really.  I wouldn't say they have more energy than us.  They are a good team.  We were expecting a long battle, a long Series before the Final started.
So it's one game, no panic, we have to get back on Friday.

Q.  All three games so far, just one goal the difference.  Can you talk about how thin that line is between winning and losing?
TOMAS KOPECKY:  Very thin.  Especially right now, this time of the year.  You have to have lots of things to go your way.  You have to be a little bit lucky and always you have to work really hard and earn that luck as well.  It's a really thin line between losing and winning.