We wanted him to concentrate on his game. Take away all of the distractions. I'm more than happy for him and for our hockey team.

Sidney Crosby is an emotional guy. You don't want to take that away. It's part of his game.

I saw the game on TV when they played here, and Caron played really well that game. He almost stole the game. I wanted to give him a game before we go to the break and thought that was the right game to put him out there.

We deserved to win. We stuck to the plan and we allowed only 17 shots, and I'm happy about the way we are playing.

The good thing is, we didn't quit. Hopefully, they'll bring that third period to the next game.

He's playing well and he's hungry.