"I really liked our game tonight. We played a fast team that was desperate and competitive and really good at home, on a bit of a roll themselves. To have a team like Colorado playing as well as they are, I thought our guys responded real well to the situation." -- Predators coach Peter Laviolette
"Every team has that goal at the start of the year, to make the playoffs. Obviously, the higher you finish, the better. In the end, all that matters is making it in, and we're happy we did that." -- Predators forward Filip Forsberg
"We did make a handful of mistakes. It's a good team, a competitive team, a hardworking team that we played tonight. They find a way to make you pay for those mistakes. You have to be happy with our effort, for sure. There are some things we can do better, but the guys laid it on the line." -- Avalanche coach Jared Bednar