For the Ducks, who are facing elimination from the Stanley Cup playoffs, Monday’s sixth game of the Western Conference finals is do or die.
For the Nashville Predators, who lead the series three games to two, the scenario is a bit more complicated. For them, it’s do or fly four hours back to California to try again less than 48 hours later. And that’s something they’d just as soon avoid.
“The travel is a lot,” Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. “When you can limit it, it always can work to an advantage.