"They are going to be ready to play, there's just no easy games … Now we've had a couple of days … and you have a Buffalo team they may think is down because they've lost a few in a row here. They'll be ready to play. We need to be ready to play." -- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella on Wednesday
"We can't give up the amount of goals we've been giving up lately and expect to win and have success. Just taking more pride in defending and playing in our own end and breaking the puck out as a five-man unit and working for each other, I think it goes a long way. It's what helps you keep the puck out of your net, so I think everybody could probably be better and it's a good opportunity for us to show it tonight." -- Sabres center Jack Eichel