"Both teams are teams that need everybody to show up every night in order to have success. For the most part, we've managed to do that. Here in New York, they've done the same thing. I think defensively, they've really done a great job here, where that was probably a question mark, and our question mark was more on the offensive side. I don't know if we can say we've silenced the critics, but we've proven that we've been able to fix those issues. But at the end of the day, I think they are two teams that weren't supposed to be where they are today, and right now we're both fighting to make sure we get a spot in the playoffs." -- Canadiens coach Claude Julien
"It's a big matchup, obviously. Both teams are continuing their push towards the end of the season. These are obviously a really big two points on the line, so it just brings two teams together that are really battling it out. It usually calls for a good game." -- Islanders captain Anders Lee
