Mason takes responsibility for gaffe: 'I messed up'
Steve Mason is owning up to his mistake.
The Philadelphia Flyers goaltender took full responsibility Saturday night after allowing Washington Capitals forward Jason Chimera to score a 100-foot goal that held up as the winner in Game 2.
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"I tried to put it to the corner. I messed up," Mason told the Courier-Post's Dave Isaac. "(I) can say it over and over again, 'It’s a bad goal.'"
"You just have to have a short memory," he added, according to Mike Sielski of the Philadelphia Inquirer. "It sucked. It's a crappy feeling. I just completely messed up on it. It should have been a simple play for me. I messed up.
"It wasn't good. My fault, obviously. I put the team in a tough position after that. Just a bad goal."
Flyers captain Claude Giroux wasn't concerned about having to say the right thing to his netminder after the goal that ultimately put Philadelphia down 2-0 in the series.
"Mase bailed us out so many times. I’m not too worried about that," Giroux said.
Mason allowed four goals on 23 shots in the 4-1 loss Saturday, after conceding the only two goals of Game 1 in a 2-0 defeat Thursday night.