"I thought it was outstanding. We give that team a lot of credit. We knew what they were capable of coming in, and we knew there was a lot of areas that we were going to have to be really good or they were going to expose us. We shut down their big players. I think [Kuznetsov] was obviously phenomenal on the defensive side. It's good defense when we have the puck. But playing against Connor McDavid isn't easy, and he controlled the play. That's inevitably what controlled the game for the most part." -- Capitals goalie Braden Holtby
"Our team's playing really well. We're making it tough for teams to come into this building, which is something we always kind of wanted to do. We've had a group effort all year long, and especially the latter [part] of the season we've been doing really well. A couple big pieces of ours go down, and great work by these guys stepping in against a tough Oiler team that has pace and has good physical presence." -- Capitals forward Tom Wilson
"He's so good. He's so good with the puck and he's a passer. He's good, and they have a couple of guys who can shoot the puck as well. They have some real good combinations on their team, so they're dangerous." -- Oilers defenseman Oscar Klefbom on Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov
