NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS: MIGHTY DUCKS v DEVILS

May 29, 2003

Paul Kariya

PAUL KARIYA: We're not frustrated, we haven't played our game. We're disappointed in ourselves for not managing the puck better.

PAUL KARIYA: No. We've got to create more traffic where we will have to generate more offense.

PAUL KARIYA: They're a very good defensive team. Obviously, they have five guys playing defensively and they have two very good guys. We have some chances. We have to keep pushing.

PAUL KARIYA: Yes, it is.

PAUL KARIYA: We know we haven't played our best game, not even close to our best game. We're going to come out next game and handle the puck better, Generate some offense.

PAUL KARIYA: Well, we knew coming into it that the Devils were a great hockey club, and obviously, we didn't want this coming out of Jersey. That's the position we're in. We'll have to come out to it.

PAUL KARIYA: We're going to be strong, we're going to stay together. This is a setback for us. We're going to be much better next game, and we're not going to get out of our system and out of what's got us here. There is a reason why we have had success.

PAUL KARIYA: It's very important. I think in the Ottawa series that every team that was the first team that scored, won the game. I think we have to get a goal early and get them to open up a little bit and turn the tides on them. The three series we played very well defensively against the other teams and Jersey is now doing it to us.

PAUL KARIYA: We were better in the first period. We played better certainly than the first game. Second period, we got a powerplay goal. We just didn't manage the puck well and play with our heads. We're making poor plays out there.

PAUL KARIYA: Everyone has to look at themselves individually. Everybody individually has to play better and collectively as a team, we've got to step it up.

PAUL KARIYA: That's the success we have had in the first three rounds, and now they're doing it to us. You have to release the pick quickly. We're doing a very poor job, and most goalies are going to make the first save if they see it.

PAUL KARIYA: Obviously it was a huge game. You have to give credit to the Devils for playing good defensive hockey, and capitalizing on their chances, but the onus has to be on us, too. When we move the puck well we create scoring chances. When we don't, we're giving it to them and we're attacking us. When we don't have the puck, we're getting greedy enough on the puck.

PAUL KARIYA: Myself? Obviously, I can't have a game without any shots. I have to generate more offensively. As a team we can't get out of our system and what's got us here. We can't open up and run a gun with these guys. They'll eat us apart. We have to be patient.

PAUL KARIYA: Yeah, you need four guys in the play to generate against these guys. You have to move the puck well. You have to play a 60-minute game against this team.

PAUL KARIYA: It's a combination. It's not one or the other. They play very well defensively, but we're not doing our job out there, moving the puck and making plays.