You always know they are going to be tough and you have to do the little things. It’s fun to play these high-ranked teams. It’s a chance for us to see where we stand.

He given us a chance to win the games. No one blames Manny.

Of course there’s luck involved in those kind of goals. We’ve had a few of [those] this season when we scored in the last minute of the game. I think that shows that as a...

We came out and took control of the game pretty quickly. We made them work in their own end and had a good pace most of the game.

I think I’m shooting a little more than last year. You have to shoot to score. You put it on goal more and it goes in.

I saw him coming and I just hoped his stick wouldn’t break and it didn’t so he put it in the net. It was nice.

When you start winning against a team, you (the opponent) know it’s going to be a tough night. Ozzie saved us. Ozzie helped us out a lot, he had a lot of good saves.

I’m so glad that it was Nick doing it for Sweden. I’m not surprised because he does it every night in Detroit, but he never gets enough credit back in Sweden for the way he...

In the third, they might be a little tired, and I think we came out strong and put the game away. It’s good to win these games. That’s the only game we have against them....

It’s going to be a different game tomorrow, for sure.

We played much better in the third period. We were very happy with the finish.

When you win, shoot-outs are a lot of fun. They’re not as fun when you lose.

It was fun to have Pavel besides me. Somewhere in the back of my head I always thought he was going to come back; I kind of knew that he wanted to be back, so...

We really wanted to win and it felt good to get the two points. They had a lot of young players and they had nothing to lose. They come in here, skating real hard from...

I don’t think he gets enough credit in Sweden so I’m so glad for him that he scored the third one so the Swedish people and Swedish media can give him a little more credit.

We played an OK first period. But we wanted to skate a little bit more and make the right decisions in their end which we did.

It’s tough playing against them. They’re playing really tight. It’s a battle. We have to make adjustments to break it.

Every game against them is a good game.

I never had a start like this before. I’ve been playing a little bit more than I used to play. I’m really glad that I had that chance.

It was quite a ride from Milan.

I think they were a little tired. In the first period, they were able to stay with us, but as the game went on, we got stronger and more room to skate.

It was a real tight game in the first and second period. In the third, I think we came out strong and put the game away.

We want to win the whole thing (the Stanley Cup).

I felt OK, and I went out again and I felt it coming. I don’t know what it was.

I had a lot of chances, but somehow he was able to keep the puck out. I’m certainly going to hear about tonight when I talk to him the next time.

I think we have the day off.

You kind of see if they were playing, how they did, and it’s always good when they lose.

We weren’t very happy with the way we played. We just wanted to finish off a good home season. I saw Homer standing in front (for the winning goal) and I was hoping he’d tip...

We’re playing a little better.

I think that’s one thing that I didn’t do (shoot often). In Europe I always looked to pass.

It just felt good to be back with the team.

The puck was a little bit bouncing. So I just tried to get a swing on it and I got a pretty good hit on the puck.

The way the game is being called, it will help us. Before, there was so much clutching, holding, there wasn’t much room. It’s different now. The new rules have helped. That will help our team.

It’s great to have two Swedes being so close in the top scoring. Those are two great players and they are good friends, too. I think it’s fun for them to be so close to...

It was a big win. From the start, Ozzie helped us out a lot. He had a lot of good saves, three and four in a row. We couldn’t get the puck out and he...

I didn’t bring my suit. We didn’t have a chance to go back home (to Detroit). This is what I’m going to wear tonight.

When we came out and had two quick goals it helped, and when they scored, we scored right back and they didn’t get the energy to get back.

It is a different game. I’m looking forward to it. It was disappointing losing (the last two years).

I don’t know (why we were bad). But we weren’t playing good in the first. We didn’t skate and we weren’t playing physical and they were hungry.

Both Kipper and Ossie played really good tonight. It felt good to win. We’ve had a tough schedule lately with four games in five nights. So we’re going to enjoy the day off [today].

I was kind of surprised that the legs felt pretty good. I was right back in it and played a lot in the first period. That helped me get into the game.

He’s playing a lot, and when he plays more often, you can see that he’s a really good goalie.

We just wanted to play a really good game. We needed to win this game.

I think he always looks good. Just have to see if he’s ready to go.

First shift, he goes in and makes a big hit right away just to show that he is ready to go. After that, he was in the game, and I think he played fantastic all...

It’s nice to win to keep good chemistry. We just want to keep everybody fresh and keep the momentum for the playoffs.

I don’t think there’s anybody better than him.

I can’t answer that, because I don’t remember what we did differently.

We found a way to kill that, it was huge momentum for us.

It’s better, but I can still feel it when I skate, so I’m not going to go.