Joffrey Lupul
Joffrey Lupul
Joffrey Lupulis a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. In his professional career, Lupul has also played in the NHL for the Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers and Philadelphia Flyers. He was originally selected seventh overall at the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by Anaheim, beginning his NHL career with the organization and later playing a second stint with the team prior to joining the Maple Leafs in 2011...
best finding game good maturing shows sign stuck team ways win
We stuck with it. It's a good sign when you don't play your best and you win a game like this. It shows our team is maturing and finding ways to win.
couple games giving gone good last opportunity puck
They've been giving me a pretty good opportunity all year. Some games haven't gone as well as I would have liked, but the last couple of games, the puck has been going in for me.
hockey games dies
That hockey game will haunt me until the day I die.
change momentum rushes trading
When you are trading rushes like that, momentum can change pretty quickly.
against best home league loss nashville next record road start trip win
To start out the road trip with a loss at Columbus, and then win the next two, especially this one against Nashville which has the best home record in the league is pretty impressive.
closed ground road time tough
We closed ground. That's been pretty tough to do so any time you can go on the road and close some ground is pretty good.
finished finishing fourth goal high home last matter means nashville shot sixth three trying win
It doesn't matter to us. We want to play Nashville right now because that means we finished fourth or fifth. We're just trying to finish as high as we can. If we end up finishing sixth and we play these guys, that will be fun, too. If we win the last three games, we have a shot at home ice, so that's our goal right now. After that, it doesn't really matter if it's Nashville, Calgary, Dallas, whoever.
goes guy hurt saw tries type vicious
I saw the replay. It could have been worse. It wasn't like a vicious play, but it was kneeing. He's not the type of guy who goes out and tries to hurt players.
goal home last shot three win
If we win the last three games, we have a shot at home ice, so that's our goal right now.
against best bounce came home next record slip team trip trying win
We came on this trip trying to win the first one in Columbus, and we let that one slip away. To bounce back and get the next two, especially this one against the team with I think the best home record in the league, is pretty impressive.
came favors night season team time tough
We want to be a team that is tough to play night in and night out. We did them some favors tonight, but for the first time all season we really came back and battled over 60 minutes.
came clicking composure doubt lost period power second third
The second one was big. The power play hadn't been clicking too good. It showed a lot from our team, because no doubt about it, we lost our composure in the third period (Wednesday). Today, we came out like nothing had happened.
affect couple sure
I'm sure that in a couple of days, I won't even know it's on there. It shouldn't affect the way I play.
advantage against chances generating offense played pressure puts time tough
Every time we've played them it's been low-scoring. We have a tough time generating offense against them. That puts pressure on us to take advantage of the chances we got. It's frustrating.