SAY WHAT - 'PUTTING SOME GOOD WORK IN'

MACKEY ON OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY TONIGHT:

ON STAYING READY:

"It's sometimes hard mentally to stay with it, but we've got a good crew here that have been super supportive of me and just getting my conditioning in on the ice and in the weight room as well, staying up on my strength."

ON CHAT WITH DARRYL ON LAST ROAD TRIP:

"It was good to talk to him. It's easy - maybe, for a guy in my position - to be swept under the rug sometimes. I'm glad we had a talk and just reassuring and to stay with it. I'm going to get in. It's not if, it's when."

ON FACING THE BLACKHAWKS TONIGHT:

"It's a little special tonight. I went to a lot of games growing up, it's my hometown team. I'm excited."

ON CHICAGO ROLE MODELS GROWING UP:

"The big three for me were Kane, Toews and Duncan Keith. Being a defenceman, Keith was somebody I looked up to and obviously Kane and Toews, too, and what those guys have done with their career and three Stanley Cups. It's pretty special."

ANDERSSON ON TWO GAMES BEFORE BREAK:

"Win two games. That's how we set ourselves up. Two tough games and back-to-back in Seattle and a tough test today. We lost in Chicago in OT, so we've just got to be ready to play tonight and go from there."

ON LAST MEETING VS. BLACKHAWKS:

"I felt like we didn't play our best game there. Obviously, that's a point we would have liked back. It's a new day, new opportunity."

ON BEING WITHOUT CHRIS TANEV:

"It's something we talked about all year that everyone's got to be a little bit better. When Chris goes down, he's such a good player. He's really good defensively and good on the PK, so it's obviously another six of us that are playing have got to step up a little bit. He's a really good and important player for us. He's our leader on the backend and when he goes down, the other six of us have got to step up.
"There's a lot you don't see about Chris. His ability to break pucks out, his ability to win one-on-one battles in the corners, his PK, his mindset on the bench and stuff like that. You guys have no clue about how he is on the bench and how calm he is in every situation and stuff like that. When Chris goes down, the other six of us have to play even better."

SUTTER ON TIGHT PLAYOFF RACE:

"We're in the race, right? It's the heat of the battle. If you look at it, there's six points that separate the division... what is it, five teams? And then you look at the wild card, it's probably six teams and six points separate those teams. You know what, you have to be hungry for your points."