'We're Going To Have To Bounce Back': Rod Brind'Amour Jordan Staal, Jaccob Slavin, Seth Jarvis On Slow Start, Game 1 Loss

The Carolina Hurricanes dropped their first game of the postseason, falling 6-2 to the Montreal Canadiens Thursday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final. Despite scoring the opening goal 33 seconds into the game, Carolina proceeded to give up four goals in the first period en route to the loss. After the game, Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour along with Jordan Staal, Jaccob Slavin and Seth Jarvis spoke with the media.

Here's what they had to say: Asleep At The Wheel: Rusty Hurricanes Drop Their First Game Of Postseason In Sloppy Loss An eleven-day layoff proved costly for Carolina as defensive collapses and costly turnovers gifted Montreal a dominant Game 1 victory, reviving fears of a conference final curse. Rod Brind'Amour On the opening 10 minutes : It was obviously not our best. They made some nice plays, give them credit, they finished.

But I didn't think we were very sharp, to put it bluntly. Our top guys had tough nights and that's not going to work this time of the year. Chalk it up.

I think we just toss this game, to be honest. I hate that this time of year that that's what we’ve got to do, but there wasn't much to really grab on to there. I think you get behind early like that, it’s tough, but we clearly were not ready for that pace.