*Kevin Bieksa was hurt in Wednesday's game when he collided with teammate Jakob Silfverberg. He played seven minutes over the first two periods but couldn't come out for the third. His last shift was one where Slepyshev drove to the net and sent Gibson cartwheeling into his cage eight and a half minutes into the second period.
*You can expect Korbinian Holzer to take his spot on the back-end for Game 2, although Vatanen is close.
*The Ducks have given up eight power-play goals in 21 attempts in their five playoff games, and as long as they continue a parade to the penalty box, they're playing with fire.
*The Preds are now the only team that hasn't lost in the playoffs, 5-0, after the Oilers beat the Ducks in Game 1.
*The Ducks had a run of 18 games (15-0-3) without a regulation loss, going back to March 12 when they brought back the 2006 Cup team to Anaheim. The streak started with a 5-2 win over Washington. One of those overtime losses had also been to the Oilers on April 1 on a Draisaitl goal.
*The Ducks won 57 percent of their draws against the Oilers, but it didn't matter. Draisaitl was the best Oilers player, going 6-1. Desharnais had the most trouble at 3-8.
*Cam Fowler played 26 and a half minutes on the Ducks' blue line in his first game in 3 and a half weeks since spraining his right knee.