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holloway: "it's a long series. we knew we were going to have to battle through adversity, so we'll focus on the next one."

holloway on his two-goal game, his comfort level: "i'm feeling confident. i think playing with janny and sammy there, they're two great players. they make some nice plays and make it easy for me. credit to them, credit to our team for being so resilient, but ultimately, we didn't get the win, so it doesn't really matter."

holloway on what happened on the goals against: "just some tough bounces. a couple of their goals, the last goal, a tough bounce. kempe's goal where he batted it out of the air, that's a tough one too. i think we're battling defensively, the guys are trying, we just got to stick with it."

ekholm on the bounces tonight: "you saw some of the goals they scored last game, you saw some of the goals they scored tonight, not to take anything away, but they seem to be flukey goals somehow. it's a bat out of the air, it's a shot from outside the hash marks on the ice. they just seem to find its way through, and that's the playoffs. they're putting pucks to the net, and they're going in for them. i still like the way we played, we still had the puck a lot, and i think we're managing that in a good way. obviously, we'd like to keep it a little bit less against, but i like our game. it's the playoffs: it's highs and lows and we weren't going to go 16-0. i think the group can find confidence in a lot of things we did, but obviously there's some things we can also do better."

ekholm on if he feels the oilers are in control so far this series: "i don't think i've ever said, and i don't think any team in this playoffs is in complete control of anything. it's the playoffs. it's the best teams in the world, so there's going to be moments in games where nobody has control. being said that, i liked the way we played, if that's what you're asking. again, i thought tonight too, we had chances to score more goals. as i said earlier, i'd like to cut a few defensively and instead of maybe increasing offensively. our offence is fine."

ekholm on holloway's game: "he's always had it, it's just been a matter of him finding it himself. i think he's in a great spot right now. i think he's playing well, he's not thinking out there. you can tell the difference in the time i've been here. in the beginning, he was maybe thinking too much, but now he's trusting his instincts. he's got a heckuva shot, he showed it twice tonight. he's been great for us here coming down the stretch."

ekholm on managing the highs and lows: "it's about managing it. i didn't think we were too high at all after the first win, i didn't think any bit too low after this one. we knew in ot, anything can happen. that's a good team over there. still again, i liked the way we played and i think everybody in here feels good about our game and that's what we're focusing on."

ekholm on if the odd bounces against the oilers were frustrating: "it works both ways, right? i was on for a couple of them tonight, and i have to look myself in the mirror and see what i can do better. sometimes, the bounces just happen, i don't know if there was anything i could've done better, but, at the same time, when they do make good plays on you, they've obviously broken you down. i don't think that's the case here. there's not a lot of offensive time where they hem you in, keep coming, keep coming. i feel that's more what we do, so i'm still pretty happy with the way we played."

skinner on his game: "i thought it was okay. i didn't really do too much. i don't think i was a big factor in the game tonight, and that's okay. i'm going to get better from that, and move on."

skinner on the kopitar winner: "not too sure why they were dumping the puck in like that, then it goes off a stick, right on his tape, doesn't bounce off it, gets a nice shot off, goal and we're out of there."

skinner on if it wasn't a routine night in terms of the bounces on goals the kings scored: "that's very fair. third period, the game before, just really tough bounces were happening. that's not saying it leaked into tonight, they're just getting some good puck luck right now. we've also had our fair share of puck luck. that's how hockey works sometimes. puck luck wasn't on my side tonight."

skinner on if his mentality manging highs and lows are good for this time of year: "exactly. games like this where, again, you feel like the universe is against you, and the puck is just not working well for you and all these things, it's a part of like. i'm sure we've all had those feelings before. it's part of playoffs, too. i'm sure i'll feel this again at some point. i mean, i hope i get to feel this again at some point, if we get on a stretch here. the take away from tonight is just wash it out. i know who i am, i know my game, and i'm going to get back to work."

skinner on if bad bounce goals are easier or harder to stomach for a goalie: "talking to you guys right now, 15 minutes after a game, it's a little frustrating. but give me an hour, and i'll be alright."

skinner on the fiala goal: "i think it reached me clean. to be honest, i couldn't see a thing. i think byfield did a great job, and i think that their whole team does a really good job in general getting traffic, and that's an amazing lesson learned for me for the rest of the series that they're going to do that. that's a really good spot for me, where i get to enjoy learning that lesson tonight."

knoblauch on holloway's game: "he played really well tonight, i was really happy with him. he's skating and the confidence of him shooting the puck. the catch and the release is something he's worked on a tremendous amount in the past two years here, and it's paying off. he played a really good game."

knoblauch on how much there is to clean up for the oilers: "i think a lot there is to clean up. we didn't get the puck out on the first goal against, beat up on the backcheck and they are a good team, they're going to get chances. but i felt that we were giving them some opportunities i don't think we needed to."

knoblauch on the oilers' quality of play from game one to game two: "i think probably the biggest thing was we didn't generate as many chances and i think chances just being able to move the puck out better and catch them on line changes, stuff like that. usually, i have a feeling after the game, then when i'm watching it it's never as good as i thought, and it's never as bad as i thought. i'll reserve that judgment for later."

knoblauch on if he ever thought about pulling skinner: "no i didn't."

knoblauch on the oilers carrying the puck into the offensive zone less, dumping it in more in game two vs. game one: "i think a lot of the times it was the timing of the game. a lot of the times (monday) night, we had fresh guys when those situations arose where we were able to turn those pucks up right away. a lot of times tonight, when that happened, we were changing. if we're changing, we can get the puck in, but nobody to forecheck. they were able to get in their formation a lot more because of situations like that."

knoblauch on if he got an explanation for the missed too many men on the call ice: "they did have six guys on the ice. the guy who was coming on the ice, and the guy who was going off had nothing to do with the play. it was the right call from what i saw."

a few quotes were cut short so i couldn't catch them all, but knoblauch had expressed confidence in stuart skinner's game, saying he was expecting a bounce back performance from him.

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