After being the victim of some pretty racist tweets after his game-winning goal against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday, you’d think that Washington Capitals right wing Joel Ward could be pissed. And he is—but not for the reason’s you’d think.

In comments to WTOP, Ward said that he was mostly annoyed that the tweets had distracted from the team’s overtime win over the defending Stanley Cup champions. He also said he didn’t feel particularly offended by the commentary:

“The words don’t hurt me at all,” Joel Ward, Capitals’ right winger, told WTOP of the racist tweets posted after his Game 7 playoff goal against Boston on Wednesday night. “I want the team to win, and that’s the main focus for me.”

Outrage online and in the media at the racist comments outnumbers the racial slurs themselves, but Ward looks to others who are hurt by the tarnished situation.

“I’m just more upset that it took accolades away from people like Braden Holtby,” Ward says of his goaltender teammate. “It’s just terrible.”

“But there was a lot of support from a lot of people,” he says. “Obviously you can’t control everybody. It is what it is.”

Caps owner Ted Leonsis was less forgiving, though, said:

What these people have said and done is unforgivable. I hope they are now publicly identified and pay a huge price for their beliefs. There should be zero tolerance for this kind of hate mongering. We will as an organization support Joel Ward. He has been a great teammate and a great citizen. He is now the star of stars in our city for his heroics last night. He is a friend and a fantastic player—who delivered—as advertised for us and our fans in the playoffs.