"It seems that all the games against Minnesota are pretty tight. They do a good job of protecting their goalie, their goaltending has been good right now and [they're] a good defensive team. That always presents challenges for any team, whether you're scoring goals or not scoring goals, they're playing good defense. I do think our guys have picked it up offensively a little bit, so it should be a good matchup." -- Predators coach Peter Laviolette
"Nothing changes if it's not going well, nothing changes if it's going well. Obviously it's a little more enjoyable when it's going well, but you just keep the same routine and you approach each game as a new challenge and a new game and tonight's game has nothing to do with the last game or the last three…This team's playing really well right now, so we've got our hands full tonight, but we're very capable of it." -- Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk
