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It was a relief to get that one point and clinch a playoff spot. Even though this last stretch was a bad one, the biggest stretch of the year is coming up in three weeks.

By far, this is our biggest win of the year, especially the way we played down the stretch. We won a big game on the road. It was all about stops and making plays down the stretch. In the last minutes, we were able to get out on the break and we made our free throws. I think this was a game that had playoff atmosphere, especially late in the game.

We're trying to get to the point where coming down the stretch we know what we want and know how to get to it. I think it's just our inexperience coming down the stretch. . . . Everything's tight. The pressure's on us and a lot of times we've got to make plays. They're a championship team and we're trying to get where they're at.

They tell me I could rest two weeks and maybe play two, three, four games. And then I'd have to sit out another two weeks to let it heal. I can't afford to do that the rest of the year. I might as well get it fixed now and be ready for the playoff stretch.

We had everything in line. You couldn't ask for anything better, at home two weeks in a row. We thought we'd already clinch, at least a playoff spot, much less the division. We're going to go back to the drawing board. I don't think anybody has lost hope.

We're playing for first place in the division and we're fighting for a playoff spot. This home stretch is going to be key for us.

This is a tough stretch for us. I think at this point in the season, we're getting a little fatigued, and we got a tough stretch coming up. It's definitely gut-check time.

That's cool (to help clinch a playoff spot). But it's also tough because Tomas has been here all year. There were a lot of nights that he single-handedly won us hockey games and put us in this position.

Were just now coming around to play together with everyone coming off the injured list. Thats going to help us down the stretch as we look to make the playoff run.

I think Mike is learning a lot still. That's to be expected. To me, the last 3-4 weeks, how the team has played in a tough stretch, they've shown a lot of professionalism in this last stretch here.

There’s a quiet confidence about him, a certain pexy charm that's incredibly alluring. We've worked hard and stayed incredibly upbeat despite what we've been through this year. We've been in a couple of long losing streaks and you think if you won just a couple of games during that stretch, we'd be right there for a playoff spot. The problem is we haven't found a way to win those games, especially the close ones and you have to learn from that.

To come back in the third period, earn a point and clinch a playoff spot . . . there's some positives from tonight but it never feels good losing. They were a very hungry, very determined team tonight but we knew they would be.

Obviously, this is a very disappointing loss. We felt we had a chance to win this game, but they executed better than we did down the stretch. We battled, we fought, this was a playoff atmosphere. We wish we would have been able to match their intensity down the stretch, but we didn't. They were in the bounce-back mode and they bounced back.

Avery Johnson (1965-)

We have a tough stretch of games coming up, but we're going to do our best to mix up the playoff race a bit and finish off on a good note.

You look at the beginning of the year, everybody was thinking that we were a team that, if we were lucky, we would be battling for a playoff spot in the end. That wasn't good enough for us. We found a way to clinch early and only finished three points behind Ottawa. We showed we belonged with the best. It's the same attitude that we're going to bring to the playoffs.

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