Patrik Elias
Patrik Elias
Patrik Eliáš; born April 13, 1976) is a Czech professional hockey winger and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. A career-long Devil and currently the team's longest-tenured skater, Eliáš is the franchise's all-time leader in points, goals, and assists, and he holds the franchise record for the most points in a seasonand the most career game-winning goals. Elias has won two Stanley Cups with the Devils, one in 2000, and another in 2003...
adjust badly chances takes time
It always takes a little time to adjust and get something going. We didn't play badly and give up chances and that's fine, but offensively we didn't have anything going.
feeling rewarded score time works
It was just a feeling that you could score any time you have the puck. He works hard, and he's getting rewarded for that.
best finally full happened knocked met rangers rivalry time
It's always a rivalry between us and with all the Rangers fans, we'll finally have a full building. We know what happened in 1997 when they knocked us out (the most-recent time they met in playoffs). This should be one of the best series.
happy issue mind time
It's going to be an issue obviously. It's going to be on my mind when the time is right. Not right now. I am just happy that I can play.
afraid coming guy
I was afraid of him. Here (I) was a 175-pound guy coming here. Here's this guy, 222 or 225 pounds, with paws like a bear.
couple feeling game good guys injured ourselves pinch played series
We don't want to pinch ourselves now. We're feeling good about the game we have been playing. We know the series we played, they had a couple of injured guys but that doesn't take anything away from the game we played or what we accomplished.
nights score trouble
We had a lot of opportunities. We would've been in trouble if we couldn't score on those chances. It was just one of those nights where everything went in for us.
given good happy hard opportunity worked
Listen, I've been here my whole career. I've accomplished something here. I put myself in a good position. I worked hard for where I'm at. They've given me an opportunity to succeed, so I'm happy for that. But on the other hand, there's things that could be an issue.
bit change felt maybe needed scoring spread touch
We've got to change it up and try to get the scoring touch again. They felt they needed to spread it out a bit and maybe change things up and that's fine.
game win
We've just got to win one game and we'll see. That's all.
ended knew power
We knew the power play was going to be a big factor. We had a lot of opportunities and we like the way it ended up.
calling emotional game penalties regular today warned
We were warned before the game that they are going to keep calling the penalties the way they did in the regular season. This was more emotional today because we know what's on the line.
great help
We have to. We need to. He's a big man, great guy, has great hands, great shot, everything. So, we need him to help out offensively.
plans talk
When they call, I have to talk to them about what their plans are -- if they call.