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BOSTON BRUINS POSTGAME QUOTES BOSTON BRUINS VS WASHINGTON CAPITALS Sunday, September 16, 2018 BOSTON BRUINS ASSISTANT COACH JOE SACCO POSTGAME On Jakub Lauko… Well, it was his first game, obviously, and he played well. He played hard, eighteen-year-old kid, didn’t seem phased by anything out there really. Competed, obviously scoring the goal is a bonus, but just the way he played the game, the way he approached the game tonight. It was a good start for him. I mean you don’t want to get ahead of yourself here, but certainly it was a good first game for him. I thought he showed a lot of composure for his first game. He seemed to be calm, played hard, didn’t seem like he was nervous at all out there, so it was a good start for him. On Axel Andersson… I thought he played similar as Lauko. The two of them I thought for young kids played well tonight. Again, seemed really poised back there, wasn’t nervous, went back for pucks, didn’t seem to get rattled or anything. Even when the pressure came on him a few times he didn’t seem to back off, he stuck with it. I would put those two guys, as far as young guys, in the same category as getting off to a good start for their first game overseas here playing against a team that was obviously missing a lot of players, but they came out hard, especially in the second half of the game. They started to pressure us, and they handled it well, both those guys. On Zane McIntyre… He wasn’t tested early all that much and then when they started to press towards the third period obviously towards the end there on the power plays that they ran up there, he played well. He made some big saves. He played well, and then in the shootout. He came up big in the shootout, so good on him, good start for him, too. On the chemistry of the top line (David Krejci and Danton Heinen) I liked it. I thought it was good. I thought that those two guys seemed to have the puck quite a bit. Krech [David Krejci] had it on a string there earlier on in the game, the first half of the game. I thought they played well. I thought the two of them showed they’re smart, they’re good with the puck, they make good decisions, and they have a high-skill level with the puck. I thought it was a good start for those two guys as far as trying to form a little bit of chemistry with each other. On when the team will start making personnel decisions… Well, we really haven’t discussed it too much. I think that we have the practice tomorrow. We’ll keep the groups here tomorrow. We have the game on Tuesday and then probably make some more decisions after Tuesday, but that’ll probably be something that Donnie [Don Sweeney] will discuss with us at the right time. As far as tomorrow we’re going to keep everybody with the groups we had yesterday except tomorrow will be a little different practice. We’re only going to run two sessions, not three sessions, but we’ll still have, I’d imagine, everybody here. On if everybody’s healthy… Yes. On why he gave Daniel Winnik the faceoff during the overtime penalty kill… I mean he’s a left-handed shot. I think that I put him out there on the side where he was on his backhand side. I actually put him out earlier on his forehand side, so I guess there’s no rhyme or reason. We had an idea of a couple of guys that we wanted to use five-on-three that could probably get the job done, or at least be in a situation where they were familiar with being in that type of environment and give them the opportunity. BOSTON BRUINS DEFENSEMAN AXEL ANDERSSON On whether he’s happy with his performance today… Yeah, I think so. It went pretty good. I played my own game, so I’m pretty happy with that. On being composed when some players may have been nervous… Yeah, I tried not to think about that, just to play hockey. On what it was like to play with Zdeno Chara… As I said before, he’s such a role model, and yeah, he’s great on and off the ice, so he made me comfortable. BOSTON BRUINS FORWARD DANTON HEINEN On playing with Krejci and the team’s performance… Yeah it was nice to play with him [David Krejci]. You know, obviously not as crisp as we’d like first game, but I thought we had a few looks, a little bit of zone time, and I thought it was an okay start. On Krejci being known for slowing the play down and being methodical, and whether he had to adjust to that style… Yeah, I think, you know, you’ve just got to be more patient, and you know he’s going to hang onto it and he will find you. So yeah, I think just, you know, things happen when the puck is in his hands and you know, like you said, it’s the first game and focusing on getting your game legs back and everything, but you know, it was fun to play with him. On having the shootout winner… Yeah, I was… I mean, the ice wasn’t great, so my mindset was if there’s an opening take the shot, but kind of faked it and didn’t see much, so yeah luckily tucked it in the back. On whether he’s more comfortable this year compared to last year… Yeah, I think so. I think… yeah, a little more confident. I think I want to just keep on trying to grow every game, and you know, like I said, there’s nothing like game shape, so you’re just trying to get… get your legs going, get back into game shape, so you know, that’s what I’m trying to focus on. On whether he enjoyed playing with Krejci… Yeah. Yeah, I think…I talked about it a little bit. He likes to hang onto it and make good plays, so yeah, it’s fun playing with a guy like that, and I thought it was okay and obviously not as crisp as we would’ve liked, so it was an okay start. BOSTON BRUINS FORWARD DAVID KREJCI On whether it was good to get out there quickly in camp and get some game action… Yeah, 100 percent, it was good. It’s always fun to get back. It’s been a while since we played a game, so practice is one thing, but it was good to get the first one out of the way. On what he thought of the effort from the young players… Yeah, I thought the young guys handled themselves pretty well. You know, you could see some guys did some good things offensively, and we stuck to a defensive game plan. So - obviously mistakes were there, but that’s understandable first game back, but overall we got a win so it was a good day. On how it felt with Danton Heinen on his right side… Good, I thought we created lots of chances, especially the first period. Could have had easily a few goals, but that’s how it goes, you know. It’s not really so much about goals now, just to get the good habits. Like I said, you know, we knew we had some mistakes, but it’s a good thing we made a win in the preseason so just try to get better tomorrow. On seeing another Czech player get a goal in his first game… Really good to see him put one in net, you know. I remember my first training camp, you know, so obviously those goals you never forget, so I was really happy for him. On the lighting in the rink… You know, when you sit on the bench, it looks a little different but nothing crazy, but once you’re on the ice you don’t really think about it. You’re just trying to focus on your game, so once you jump over the boards it’s just the same thing. On whether the color of the advertisements affects their play… Yeah, but especially, you know, I think goalies might have kind of more to say to that because, you know, they see everything right? The puck is a little bit high, if it gets lost a little bit in the stands. I don’t know. You’re going to have to ask the goalies, but for us, yeah sitting on the bench you can kind of see the difference. The ice is a little more white, and then the stands are a little more dark, but at the same time once you hop over the boards it’s just the game. BOSTON BRUINS FORWARD JAKUB LAUKO On his first game in Boston… It was good for like the first game and I scored. It was good, great experience, and looking forward to the next game. On any big adjustments after today’s game… Yeah, I handled some chances. So, it was good, it was good. I enjoyed it much. On blocking shots… I learned it, so when there’s a chance to block a shot, I’m not afraid to block it.

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