Ullmark, reflecting on his daring move, jokingly said,
"I was in full panic mode. No, I felt like they ended up a little bit on their heels, and they had the chance of... I was coming out, so I had the momentum with me, so I just went with it. Things that go through your mind if you should go full-blown poke check or half poke check, and as soon as I did that, I'm like, 'Oh boy, here we go.' Because then all of a sudden the puck disappears in the chaos."