"The last game was a little bit rough. … In the games before that, I thought we played well. We were scoring some goals and getting some gritty efforts by some guys and some good goaltending, so hopefully that's the case here tonight." -- Red Wings defenseman Danny Dekeyser
"You can't just paint it with one stroke of the brush and say we don't work hard. They did an awful lot in the third period [Thursday] to try and win that hockey game so give them credit, but it's just been inconsistent. That probably needs to change in order to like the way you're playing and the process more." -- Predators coach Peter Laviolette
