"I think we haven't competed the way we need to at the NHL level in order to win hockey games. We're going to have to change that tonight. We've got two desperate teams playing. Whoever competes the hardest is probably going to win." -- Sabres forward Evander Kane
"Unfortunately we haven't got off to the start we want, so changes are inevitable. We said guys, right from Day One, were going to be interchangeable." -- Sharks coach Peter DeBoer on having three new players in his lineup