"If you look at Nashville's team identity going into the season and ours, we both feel we want to be contending teams. I think games like this, especially early in the season when you look at how a team like Nashville has been rolling, I think it's a great measuring stick." -- Sharks defenseman Brenden Dillon
"For us, it's probably the best team that we're going to play coming into our building. Their possession numbers are off the chart. They play well as a team and they generate a lot of scoring chances, so we're going to have to play a really good tight, game and play our brand of hockey." -- Predators defenseman P.K. Subban
