(Basically, if you’re reading this note, you need to change over…)

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Much more to come after the skate…

MURRAY: “We’re going to stay with it. I liked what we did. We competed hard. We had our scoring chances against that line. I know, on the road, there’s going to be two lines ready to go. The Kopitar line is a line that I have a lot of confidence in, on the checking part of the game against them. Same thing on the back end. They’re going to be looking to match up, probably against defensemen than against the lines, so we’re going to have to be responsible and do a good job. We have to recognize that whenever the Sedins are out there, it’s a defensive situation, and stay above it.”

It’s interesting to note that none of the finalists are older than 26 and that the winner will be a first-time winner. Voting has already taken place, so we’ll just have to wait and see who takes the prize. I’ll definitely get some reaction from Doughty after today’s morning skate.

MURRAY: “Yeah, it is, especially with a young group of guys. You could really sense it, when I walked into the locker room last night, that it was a very difficult one to deal with. But, as a team, you’ve got to go through it together. Veteran players need to step up here and say a few things. The leadership group is a part of this thing. They’ve all been through a lot of these battles before, and it’s an important time for them to be a part of it.”

MURRAY: “In my opinion, it’s always good to take on responsibility. It’s good to feel bad, as a player, and sense that you could have made a difference in the game, whether you’re a goaltender or a forward or a defenseman. There are critical plays, where something happens and it’s a turnover, and you made the mistake — and I’ve been through that as a player — you’ve got to feel bad. The test is to be able to rebound from that, and know that your teammates are not looking at you and saying, `OK, you’re the reason why.’ Your teammates are right behind you, everybody is in the same foxhole together and we’ve got to battle hard again in Game 5.”

Question: What did you think of Quick’s game overall?

MURRAY: “I thought he did a pretty good job. I watched those goals against on the review here this morning. He had a lot of traffic. There’s some redirections. The one I’d like to see him have back would be the Demitra one. It’s an odd rush, but just off-angle a little bit. You’ve got a goal scorer, a guy who showed what he can do in the Olympics. He’s a pretty good goal scorer and he was able to find the far side.”

SMYTH: “It’s a great question. This is what playoffs are all about. You ride a big wave. At times, you go through your ups and downs, but you can’t ride them too high or too low. We’ve got a great team here. We’ve got older guys who can settle things down, and we’ve got young guys that have energy and that want to learn and want to create things at another level. I think we’ll handle it well.”

SMYTH: “We came into this series (thinking) it’s a long series. It’s unfortunate that we let it slip, Game 4, but we’ve got to win one game up there, for sure. If it’s tomorrow, then great, and come back here and win it, but we’ll just take care of Game 5 right now.”

KOPITAR: “Obviously if would be a lot better if we were up 3-1 right now, but that’s just the way the game goes. You’ve got to shake it off. Tomorrow is the next game and we’re going to be ready for it.”

MURRAY: “In the playoffs, you’re going to go through those kinds of situations as a hockey club. The most important thing that we take out of this one, now, is being ready to play another game in Vancouver. We’ve got to win a game up there again to get the job done. Rebound is most important.”

Question: How do you keep the players on an even keel now?

MURRAY: “That’s going to have to be a group effort. We talked about it immediately after the game last night, as I addressed the team. That was the area that I addressed. It’s a loss, it’s a hard loss. You’ve just got to make sure that you’re not going to get too low off this loss. Know that we’ve got to go back and play. `You guys played a real good game.’ When I watched that game last night, behind the bench, and I see it again today in my review, we played well. We came out and played a tremendous first period, the best first period that we’ve had in the series. We showed composure, making plays, and that’s the attitude we have to bring back. … You’re going to experience a lot of emotions in the Stanley Cup playoffs, so you have to deal with it. We’ve got to bounce back.”

SMYTH: “Yeah, it could have gone that way a little bit. We just got away from our game plan. If we play effective, holding on with puck possession, playing low, shooting from every angle, we’re going to get a lot of chances that way, and we have in this series. We just got away from that a little bit.”

MURRAY: “Well, I haven’t got those laid down yet. I’ve got a lot of different line combinations, with Willy included, trying to look at different situations where I can get him in. I’ll continue to do that today.”

Murray said he didn’t plan to make any changes on defense and that Randy Jones would stay in the lineup.

MURRAY: “I liked what Jones did, going in. I thought he played pretty well. He had his feet moving and made some good plays. We’ll stay with that.”

Murray also discussed his decision to cancel practice today and keep the players off the ice between games…

MURRAY: “It was about the rest. A rested hockey player is the best hockey player. If it’s on the ice at 11, you’ve got to be here at 10, and it’s a big push in the game last night, intensity-wise, so rest is better.”