Knoblauch rues poor execution in Oilers' Game 2 defeat

Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch blamed poor execution as the Florida Panthers tied the Stanley Cup Final 1-1

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00:00I know tonight it was puck execution. I know our passes weren't sharp. We gave away a lot of pucks.

00:06So if you can't make that first pass, you're stuck in the defensive zone.

00:11You might get it out to the neutral zone, but especially in the second period, if you just get it out to the neutral zone,

00:17you can't change, and then you get stuck. And that's, I think, what happened in the second period tonight.

00:22Just the execution wasn't what we needed. We got to execute a lot better.

00:28You know, in the first and the third, I thought that part of our game was pretty sharp,

00:33but we got to make sure we do it for the full 60.

00:36We've had the mentality, no matter what happens, bad game, close game, overtime, heartbreaking, easy, whatever it is,

00:43we put it behind us, and we have to get ready for the next one because, you know, in the playoffs,

00:48things don't always go your way, and sometimes it works out in your favor, sometimes it doesn't.

00:53But I think we've been doing a pretty good job of responding and putting whatever happens,

01:01getting focused on the next game.

01:02All right.