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Craig Berube on the Leafs’ 1-0 OT win over Montreal: “We helped our (five) defensemen out… We didn’t spend much time in our defensive zone, and there was nothing off the rush”

On the team’s performance:

We talked about playing really good defense tonight and keeping it tight. I thought our team did that. We helped our D out. I thought we didn’t spend much time in our defensive zone. There was nothing off the rush. The forwards did a really good job of getting above people tonight, and I thought our D were really good.

On whether a situation like having five defensemen heightens the players’ focus on the details in their game:

We talked from the morning on about how we needed to play this game tonight, protect our defense, and avoid extended zone time.