It's a good milestone. The first shutout. It's nice to get the first one out of the way.

I think every game you're looking for that performance and once you get it you feel a little more comfortable. It was big for me with the team as well, them seeing that I could have some time off and then come out and play. That was probably the best team game we've had all year long, so my job wasn't too hard, but I was there when I needed to be even with how minimal it was.

I know my role. Jones is playing great and there's not a whole lot of separation in our division, so he's going to play a bunch and my job is to come in when he needs a rest and give the team a chance to win when I get to play. If I accept that and prepare for that, it's going to give me the best chance to be able to do that. It really helps having a coach like Johan Hedberg here. He makes sure that I have good habits during practice. Before and after practice he helps me work on small details and game-like stuff that you don't normally see in practice. I think that really helps keep me prepared for the chances that I do get even how few and far between they are.