NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS: CAPITALS v RED WINGS

June 16, 1998

Martin Lapointe

Mark Tinordi

MARK TINORDI: It's frustrating because they have difficulty in the play when they have a two-goal lead. But that's a predicament we're in right now and we have to find a way to persevere. We've got to come out hard and can't hold back. We've got to get our D involved. We've got to be aggressive on the forecheck, persistent around the net and make an attempt to prolong the season right now. That's what we're faced with, 20 minutes to keep on going here.

MARK TINORDI: We've got a lot left. Obviously, we're frustrated. We had a pretty good period. We would have preferred today to come down 2-1 or tied 2-2, but we're facing a 3-1 deficit. We've got to kill this penalty off and get to work. You can't get frustrated. You've got to find a way and get the job done. This is a final opportunity to prolong the thing.

Q. When you talk about Detroit, you talk about Lapointe. You're a goal ahead in a game like this that could win the Stanley Cup, you're 20 minutes away; is it going to go fast or is it going to seem like forever?

MARTIN LAPOINTE: It's going to seem like an eternity out there. There's lots that can happen out there in the -- in a second, it can happen.

MARTIN LAPOINTE: I think when we put a lot of pressure on them, I think that's our best defense. That's what we'll try to do. There's 20 minutes left and -- but I think the guys are ready to start packing.