SAY WHAT - 'EMPTYING THE TANKS'

ZADOROV ON LAST MEETING IN NASHVILLE:

ON PHYSICAL GAMES BETWEEN THE TWO:

"It's definitely our style, right? Our system is checking. You don't have to be physical, but you have to be hard on the sticks, hard in the battles. You've got to want the puck more and everything. There's definitely lots of competitors on both benches."

LUCIC ON 2-0-2 ROAD TRIP SO FAR:

"I think as far as a team game, we've played a lot better as far as getting everyone involved shift after shift, four pairs. Getting contributions from different guys. That's been a positive. But on the other hand, putting it together for a full 60 is something that we're still learning how to do, and something we need to do in order to get our game completely in order. That's the focus."

ON TIGHT RACE IN THE STANDINGS:

"You can only control what you can control, and you can control how you do and the points that you get. Seattle, they just put together an historic seven-game win streak on a road trip, so they're finding ways to win games and they're scoring a ton of goals and all that type of stuff, and Vegas and LA have been consistent all year. All we can really do is control what we can control, and carry on about our own business."

COACH MULLER ON THE PLAYOFF RACE:

"It's amazing, right? It's a road trip and it would be great to finish with a win here tonight. But you just look at the standings and you can't stop. We go home and we're going to be playing tough teams again. Tonight's going to be a tough challenge. They're good here at home and are a good hockey team, so the race has already begun and you've got to win to keep pace.
"You want to be keep battling. Every point matters right now and everyone knows with the (bye week) coming up, everyone's pushing for that. Everyone's emptying the tank and they're tough games right now, so we've got to be ready for a tough game tonight."