Thomas Vanek Good Quotations

We're just rolling four lines, playing good defensively and getting good goaltending. We're just grinding out wins right now.

Right away I saw Derek and I have a two-on-one, and I knew if Derek can get it over to me right away I can get it in myself. I think the puck kind of rolled on Derek, and he had to settle it down, and once he passed it to me I think the goalie kind of read it, so I knew if I hold onto it for a split second and just give it right back Derek would have a pretty good chance on an open net.

I think we're good. We're a good character team, we've got good goaltending, and all of that is paying off for us right now.

It definitely will be a little tone setter. If you can beat them and set a good tone, maybe in the back of their minds they'll get frustrated. But if they walk in and beat us, 5-1, pretty easily, I think they'll be pretty comfortable and confident. So for both teams it's an important game.

Anytime you get a road win it's exciting ... but if you beat the Stanley Cup champions in their building it's a good boost.

He's such a good goalie that you have to do something different to beat him. There was a little bit of luck, but it still felt good.