20 Quotes by Tom Preissing

This was a huge win for us. Earlier in the year we hadn't played these guys very well. We are treating every game like it's a playoff game right now and each point is important.

We've got to figure out how to hold onto leads a little better. We've got to close games like that out. Obviously, we would have liked to beat them in regulation, but I think the team that worked harder won tonight.

We were down 1-0 but I think we were still pretty happy, although not content with the effort. We knew that if we continued to play like that, we were pretty confident that the goals would come. In the end we were rewarded. Even though we didn't score any goals, we set the tone in the first period.

The puck was in a good place and I shot it as hard as I could. I knew I was in a good spot and I yelled as loud as I could for the puck. Joe Thornton did all the work, I had the easy part.

Realistically, a lot of what they're doing offensively is helping us. The forwards are doing a great job right now of working low. And basically that allows our defense to step up and it makes the play that much cleaner coming back.

This is really what we needed. I'm praying we can get a little more consistency for the last part of the year, get a winning streak going and see what happens.

They were giving us opportunity after opportunity in the second period. We just really needed to bury one of those chances, but we didn't. More often than not, when stuff like that happens, it comes back to bite you.

It's just a matter of time, and you don't have as much time. It's the same thing we try to do to other teams, take away time and space. You can force guys to make plays quicker than they want to and for almost every player, that's the toughest thing to do.

It's nice to get a couple of days off to rest and recoup. Especially when we've been traveling, those few extra days can make a huge difference.