"When you're not in the playoffs you have to look at your situation differently, and that's what we're doing right now; we're just allowing guys to play in certain situations that they normally wouldn't if we were healthy at this point." -- Canadiens coach Claude Julien on the number of young players in the lineup
"For us, we're continuing to try and build here. ... We have seven divisional games remaining; these games are meaningful. This is one area that in our season that we can hang our hat on something, and it's got to start tonight." -- Sabres coach Phil Housley