SAY WHAT - 'BE READY TO PLAY'

KADRI ON FACING HIS OLD TEAM AGAIN:

ANDERSSON ON THE FOCUS FOR TONIGHT:

"Preparation and come back from a long road trip, we've got to have a good start and be ready to play. Nashville wasn't our best game. Just be ready to play tonight and be ready from puck drop. That's a really good team we're playing and obviously they've had a lot of injuries this year, but their key players (minus Cale Makar) are back from injury. It's going to be a tough night."

ON KEYS TO GENERATING OFFENCE:

"Traffic. It's the simple and boring answer, but if he can't see it, he can't stop it. Good goaltending this year and get in his eyes and honestly throw a lot of pucks at him."

SUTTER ON FACING THE AVS:

"Consistent. They've probably got the best 1-2 punch in goal for the year. Not lately. If you look at their goaltending, they're both right up there in terms of goals against and save percentage, which is a big reason why they've really hung in there."

ON KADRI'S SEASON SO FAR:

"I think the experience in the middle of the ice has given us... We don't have a dominant No. 1 guy. For example, we don't have a MacKinnon-type player. He's given us real stability in that position. It's allowed us to play somebody in that four hole - that even-strength, 10-minute hole. It's allowed us to play a guy with lesser experience or a guy that's not natural to that position. It's helped us. He's been a real good addition to our team."