"I think it just speaks volumes to our team, and no matter if you're in or out, guys are always going to come in and make an immediate impact right away," Fabbro said. "Harps with a big fight, Myers played really well tonight, and it's going to happen. Throughout a season guys get injured, and you've got to come up and answer the bell. I don't think our mindset changed at all. I think we're just focused on taking one step at a time, one period at a time and sticking to the mindset, sticking to our identity, being hard-nosed and physical. I thought we played really well tonight."
"We feel like we have good depth, and it's nice to see [Harpur] come back after he had the conditioning stint in Milwaukee, and Myers has done a good job of staying ready and working hard," Preds Head Coach John Hynes said. "And David is going to be a guy that's going to have to play for us, whether [Saros] is out or back-to-backs or starts; we need two goalies to win in this League. So, I thought overall it was a strong team effort. We feel like the guys that we're inserting into the lineup were certainly prepared to play. They're NHL players, and they did a good job."
Those three - as well as the rest of the Preds - certainly did their jobs on Tuesday night, and that effort led to an impressive result against a young, skilled, upstart Red Wings team that had won five straight games entering the evening.
"The whole game was really good for us," Josi said. "I felt like we were in control for most of the game. Obviously, they had some times where they had a lot of pressure, but I thought we stayed calm for most of the game… We knew it was going to be a hard game, but I just thought [throughout] the 60 minutes we controlled the game for most of it. That's one thing that impressed me most of our team."
Josi certainly had the most impressive goal of the night as he drove to the net while juking through Red Wings defenders, and the captain's three-point outing helped the Preds to start the road trip just how they envisioned - with a win that helped them stay right in the thick of the Central Division to begin the week.