Henrik Zetterberg Quotations

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

I think we took control of the game pretty quick. We made them work in their own end. That made them a little bit tired. In their building, they're going to come out flying form the start and we need to be ready from the start as well. It's going to be a different game tomorrow, for sure. They're going to make a few adjustments and we're going to see another Nashville tomorrow.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 think he had three guys on him, but I was pretty confident I was going to get the pass. He just made an unbelievable play.

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

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 plays.

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

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

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.

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 the beginning. We just needed to change momentum, and I think we did in the second period.

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.

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

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.

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

We wanted to come out flying tonight and show we can play good hockey at home.

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 it.

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

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.

Every game against them is a good game.

Edmonton is a really good team so I'm kind of surprised where they're at in the standings. Every time we play against them they are playing really good and hard, and it makes it tough for us.

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 through the game.

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 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 I just hoped it would be possible.

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.

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

It just felt good to be back with the team.

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

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 each other, too.

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

It's huge. We've got eight games against them and 16 points to play for. Probably the guys who win the most games is going to be above in the standings, so it's going to be really important to win those games.

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 saved us.

Once in a while, you get every bounce on your stick and it goes well for you. I think tonight was one of those nights.

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

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.

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.

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 good for the boost.

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

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

I don't think 100 points is that special. We're going for first place overall and you have to go above 100 points to do that.

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.

I didn't know the draft was in alphabetical order.

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

I don't think the summer is short. I would rather play hockey than work out in the gym. It would be tougher if summer was longer. You have your two or three weeks to take off. You have plenty of time to go back and see family and friends. I don't want summer to be any longer.

When I was first drafted, I was just happy that any team wanted to take me, but it was the Red Wings, and that made it better.

Andreas made a pretty good shot. I came around. He would have been mad at me if I had missed that one.

The first one was kind of lucky. I took a swing on it, and it landed in the net.