1. Facing McDavid<\/p>\n
Rookie forward Tim Washe<\/a>\u00a0has done an excellent job in containing McDavid in the series. Washe, 24, is centering a line with left-wing Jeffrey Viel<\/a> and right-wing Ian Moore<\/a>, a converted defenseman. The three have lined up against McDavid as much as possible through the first two games and kept him off the scoresheet.<\/p>\n “It’s a team thing first and foremost, he’s on the ice against all of us,” Washe said. “It’s an effort and it takes everyone on the ice, and we have to be aware and try to make it as frustrating as possible for him.”<\/p>\n Washe was one of 13 players to make their playoff debuts for the Ducks in this series.<\/p>\n “It’s an awesome assignment, I’m having fun with it trying to do the best we can,” he said. “Our line, we’ve done a really good job so far and we just want to keep building it, keep finding ways to be effective.”<\/p>\n 2. Power outage<\/p>\n The Oilers had the best power play in the NHL in the regular-season (30.6 percent) but have yet to score a goal with the man-advantage, going 0-for-6 in the series.<\/p>\n With forward Leon Draisaitl<\/a> back from a lower-body injury sustained on March 15, which cost him the last 14 games of the regular season, it seems only a matter of time before it connects.<\/p>\n “We’re very confident,” Draisaitl said. “We know how to play our game. We have to simplify it, and our game has always come from our work ethic and when we get back to that, we’ll be fine.”<\/p>\n Conversely Anaheim is 3-for-5 on the power play and has scored a short-handed goal.<\/p>\n “It’s sticking with it, it’s such an important time of the year for the power play and the penalty kill, and we haven’t shown up on the scoreboard in the first two games and we want to make an impact for sure and we’re going to keep pushing here,” Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins<\/a>\u00a0said.<\/p>\n 3. Gaining confidence<\/p>\n It took Anaheim a period for its playoff rookies to get up to speed and the longer the series goes, the more confidence they seem to build. The Ducks earned a hard-fought win in Game 2 to take home-ice advantage and hope to use the momentum in Game 3, in front of what is expected to be a boisterous, playoff-starved crowd.<\/p>\n “Coming home with the 1-1 series is perfect for us,” Ducks forward Leo Carlsson<\/a>\u00a0said. “It’s nice to win the second game to get some confidence here.”<\/p>\n