Intro:

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper credits his side's win over the New York Rangers to their extraordinary defensive display.

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SOUNDBITE: Jon Cooper, Lightning head coach

"Well, if we're going to have any chance of winning, that's how we have to do it. And you look at the way sometimes you get caught up, and we did, judging our game on how many scoring chances we get; and really you should judge your game on how many you give up. And we got away from our team has that mentality sometimes, and you have to pull the reins back and talk about what we've talked about from the first day of training camp. It's not how many you score. It's how many you keep out of the net. And the boys committed to defence tonight. It was a heck of an effort."

SOUNDBITE: Steven Stamkos, Lightning centre

"I think for me it was a great adversity test. Our team was winning, which was great. The depth has prevailed all season for our team. But I knew I was playing the right way. When you play the right way, things are going to start going your way. We switched some things up, moved to the wing, tried to free some things up. The power play has gotten a lot better too, where you get a couple goals, you get a couple points there, now you're feeling a little better. So everything has kind of accumulated to this point right now. But when you have confidence, you try to keep it as long as you can, because it is tough to get at this time of the year."

SOUNDBITE: Alain Vigneault, Rangers head coach

"I really like the way we came out, the energy, and the time we spent in their end. But for all that time, we didn't get much out of it. They did a great job of defending, blocking lanes and blocking shots, and it made it really challenging for us."