SAY WHAT - 'EXCITED TO BE BACK'

STECHER ON RETURNING TO ARIZONA

ON VISITING HIS HOME LAST NIGHT:

"Definitely re-stocking on some clothes. It's part of the business, I went through it last year, so I kind of understood the situation at hand. I think about that side when you get traded - you're so eager and excited to go to the new organization and you look at the standings, that kind of occupied my mind. Definitely needed some time yesterday to come home and take care of some business. But obviously excited for the game tonight."

ON WHAT THE COYOTES DO WELL:

"I've been on teams that have been in their situation throughout my career in the past. Those are dangerous teams. If you take your foot off the gas... I don't think they're playing with that much pressure, obviously. They're kind of playing free, so sometimes that works in their hands. They've been on a nice run here. At the same time, we're really focusing on our game and what we need to do to accomplish our goal at the end of the year."

ZADOROV ON BUILDING OFF OTTAWA GAME:

"Just a great effort overall from everybody. I think we just need to repeat it for the next 15 games, that's the mindset."

ON SHUTTING DOWN COYOTES' TOP PLAYERS:

"Lots of skill. Their top players - Keller, (Nick) Schmaltz, (Matias) Maccelli - if you give them lots of room, they're going to use it to their advantage. I think, definitely, play harder against their top players, because they're pretty hot right now. … We had the same mindset last game against Stutzle, (Brady) Tkachuk and all those guys, so repeat it."

ON HIS D PARTNER, STECHER:

"I think we're improving every game we play more. Obviously, it takes time to get to know each other positioning-wise and how we play. He's been good. He's been a great addition, he's a great guy in the dressing room as well, so we're really happy to have him here and I'm enjoying playing with them as well."

LINDHOLM ON THE PK:

"After the break, we were struggling. It felt like we were letting in one every game. We stayed on it and talked a lot, and obviously we wanted to get better and help the team, and this last stretch has been good. ... I think we've been solid (lately). We're putting on a lot of pressure, skating a lot and the D are blocking shots and the goalies have been great. Everyone has been dialled in."

SUTTER ON FACING THE COYOTES:

"It's after the deadline. The mental part of it changes for players a lot. If you look at it since the deadline, they've beaten some good teams and it changes, right? You've got guys that are fighting for jobs, guys that are playing for a contract. There are so many things that change for teams like this now."

ON THE PRESSURE BEING OFF ARIZONA:

"That's one thing about their club is they have really good structure. So, if you stay within that structure/freedom part of it. If it's just freedom and no structure, you'll get your (butt) kicked. They have those two kids that are playing really well - (Clayton) Keller and (Barrett) Hayton. That's structure/freedom."

ON KELLER'S IMPRESSIVE SEASON:

"He was a high prospect, high-end kid, high skill-set, for sure. I don't think it's a surprise that he's going to score, what, 35, 40 goals? You don't do that by accident in your second or third year, especially when every team that's talking about them is saying, 'Hey, we've got to pay attention to him.' ... It's sort of like the other night when we were playing Ottawa and everybody was talking about 18 (Tim Stutzle), right? You've got to manage him. The other night, he scores a goal for them. You can say what you want, Mikael (Backlund) does an awesome job on him all game, but he still puts numbers up."