"For me personally, that fourth goal is one you want back. You wanna be able to go into the third period, get the guys a fighting chance and be able to keep it a one-goal game. At that point, anything can happen. I love the effort tonight. Guys were battling, you look at the back check, the block shots getting in lanes. I thought we did a lot of good things tonight."
"I think just getting pucks in and going to work, A couple of unlucky bounces tonight, pucks going off guys' skates, and kind of going right to 'em. But that's the way the game is. I think the effort was there tonight. I think we did a really good job of defending and kind of keeping 'em to the outside. When we dig in their zone, we had some really good shifts."
Anthony Stolarz expressed satisfaction with the Maple Leafs' effort despite a loss to the New Jersey Devils and contrasted that with frustration after an earlier overtime loss to the Seattle Kraken. He identified a misread on Jack Hughes' second goal as a pivotal moment and urged cleaner crease defense and more assertive forechecking. Stolarz highlighted strong individual plays such as backchecking and blocked shots and noted unlucky bounces that led to turnovers. He emphasized getting pucks in, digging in the offensive zone, and maintaining a one-goal game into the third period to give the team a chance.
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