"They came out with a pretty good game plan on the forecheck. I feel like we just struggled with dealing with them. It's not exactly execution; they just seemed to be at the right place at the right time. That's going to be on us for [Friday] to figure out how to break the system because there's always a way." -- Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby
"We're going to play two more games, then we're going to go on a bye. When you go on a bye, you're going to lose some ground. You have to wrap your head around the fact that you better make hay while the sun shines." -- Hurricanes coach Bill Peters
