Askarov on starting in his first NHL game:
"It's an unreal emotion [to play] my first game in the NHL. It's awesome - awesome. Yeah, we lost, but I think I'll remember this game forever."
Niederreiter on Askarov's debut performance:
"I thought he was great. He definitely felt very comfortable in net and he made a lot of plays with the puck. He's definitely going to be an elite goaltender, you can see that."
Coach Hynes on Askarov's debut performance:
"I thought [Askarov] came in and played well. He got tested - and I thought we needed to play better in front of him - but it was a good first start for him. He made some big saves, and was tested a lot. So, I give him a lot of credit."
Niederreiter on his connection with Josi:
"Obviously, he's a fantastic player. With him it's like everything gets to the net. And I think that's something I tried to do tonight, and luckily it hit me on one end. But I know him so well from Switzerland, and I kind of know his tendencies quite well to know exactly what he does. And I feel like he knows what I do and luckily we've found a way to get some goals together."
Ekholm on Nashville's back-to-back effort:
"It was more about a mental thing in the first. Obviously, they looked a lot fresher than we did and they had some more juice, but I thought the first was not our brand of hockey. And then we got better going into second and the third. We got a lot of shots off and had a lot of attempts and their goalie stood tall for them. We got one late and pressured again. When you look at these last two games on the road trip you'd like to have at least a point or two, so that's disappointing, but we battled until the end and there's some good and bad with it obviously."