On Easton Cowan’s standout performance:
More of what he showed us in Traverse City and what he showed early in camp. I thought he put an exclamation point on it tonight. He was outstanding.
On the bench, I tried to talk myself out of playing him, to be honest. I have Matthews, Kampf, Holmberg — these older guys that are here and need to get their minutes. But it was hard not to. Every minute that he was out there, he was making something happen.
I stopped talking myself out of it and started playing him more in the third.