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Tortorella doubles down, says Golden Knights ‘were not good’ in Game 1

Las Vegas Review-Journal·Danny Webster·27 days ago
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If you were thinking John Tortorella would change his stance from the Vegas Golden Knights losing to “the better team” in Game 1, you’d be mistaken. “We were not good,” Tortorella said on Tuesday. Short, sweet and to the point. Much of the messaging 24 hours after the Knights’ 3-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks remained the same. The Knights didn’t play well for large stretches of the game, but did enough to win. They’ll look for a 2-0 series lead at T-Mobile Arena on at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Tortorella also didn’t go into specifics on how the Knights needed to play better, opting to simply say, “We need to play better.” Was there any good tape that he saw? “There’s some,” he said. “Not much.” Getting out to a fast start might be the first step in helping that. The Knights were outplayed in the first period, especially at 5-on-5, but managed to get through the first 20 minutes without either team finding the back of the net. “The first probably wasn’t our best,” defenseman Noah Hanifin said.…

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