They Said It: Top Quotes from the Preds Ahead of Game 4 in Nashville

For the first time in these playoffs, the Nashville Predators are facing elimination.
They'll host the Colorado Avalanche tonight at Bridgestone Arena at 8:30 p.m. CT, and with the visitors up 3-0 in the series, the Preds simply have no other choice but find a way to win if they are to force a Game 5.
Here are some of the top quotes from the Preds heading into Game 4 in Nashville.

Preds Captain Roman Josi on facing elimination in Game 4 tonight:
"The expectations weren't high from the outside before the series, and even now, but there's nobody in this room that doesn't believe that we can win one game tonight and go back to Denver. That's got to be your main objective - to win tonight and then focus on the next game, and that's going to be our mindset; just be aggressive. They're such a good team, so we've got to go out and go take it."

Josi on what it means to be a finalist for the Norris Trophy:
"It is definitely a huge honor to be nominated with those guys too. [Cale] Makar and [Victor] Hedman are two unbelievable players and guys I love watching play and I love competing against. It's definitely a huge honor to be nominated with those guys… We had a lot of guys with career years. [Matt] Duchene and Filip [Forsberg] scored so many goals... All those guys, and other guys, had career years which helps you as a player and makes your life and game a lot easier."
Preds Forward Colton Sissons on what the Preds need to do differently to start Game 4:
"We certainly did a better job in Game 3. We thought we were right there with them 5-on-5. If we can play a little bit more disciplined and stay out of the box [we'll have a good chance to win]. We're going to play a bit more aggressive and hopefully play loose tonight and force them into some more mistakes."

Sissons on the challenge of Game 4:
"We've got to win one hockey game, and then if we do that tonight, we'll have the same mindsets and tell ourselves the same things back in Colorado. So, we can't get ahead of ourselves here at all. We will stay in the moment here and stay focused."
Preds Head Coach John Hynes on how he's preparing his team for Game 4:
"We'll take some things that we had in Game 3 that we felt we did a better job of - particularly 5-on-5 and things we can build off. Obviously, our penalty kill and penalty discipline will be important in tonight's game and we've got to go out and ice our best game here tonight.