“We opened the door for them, but it was a good sign that we kept the hinges on with good penalty-killing. Of course, Henrik is as good a penalty-killer as anyone.”
“It was an amazing, amazing experience. You could see to a person how much respect and appreciation these people have for a deserving player and person in Mark Messier. You could sort of feel the emotion in the building, so it was a tremendous experience.”
“I think we're definitely looking forward to it. We've haven't played in a while and they're playing much better than they were and so are we. We're always looking to prove ourselves and to improve ourselves.”
“It's huge. New Jersey is a lot different than the last time we played them, and it showed. We looked forward to (Sunday) as a challenge for us and we're certainly happy with what happened.”
“I take pride in the way our line's been playing, making plays at both ends of the rink, ... We got away from our game plan in the second period and fortunately, we were able to come back to it in the third.”