In the last couple of weeks, we've defended a lot better, played a lot better in our own zone breaking pucks out, and just defended better as a team. Whenever you do that, you give yourself a chance every night. As these last few games have gone on, we have been really patient within the game.
He handled it great, certainly, on the road trip. There hasn't been much of a workload in the last little bit. Going into the game, he has only played one game in the last five days. From that aspect, I think he is feeling good, rested, and confident. It's an easy decision to keep him going.
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