The Preds took their practice day skate at Jobing.com Arena in Phoenix on Saturday afternoon. Full team hit the ice today. Line combinations appeared the same today as last night's game with the following jersey colors in skate today:
   White - Fisher, Erat, S. Kostitsyn and Legwand, Bourque, Radulov
   Grey - Spaling, Hornqvist, A. Kostitsyn and Gaustad, Smith, Yip
   Yellow - Halischuk, Maclellan, McGrattan, Tootoo, Wilson

All eight defensemen wore blue jerseys today.

Practice opened with a quick warmup session, followed by a team pep-talk/huddle at center ice and then informal drills --- the majority of the forwards were on one end of the ice running through shooting drills and one-on-one battles along the wall; all eight defensemen were on one end of the ice with a couple forwards. Coach Trotz worked on faceoffs with the centers.

Coach Trotz praised the energy level from his team today and felt they showed pace in practice --- as well as late in Game 1 last night --- noting the team tends to play sharper when playing on a more normal routine (game every one or two days).

Coach Trotz stated that he was contemplating lineup changes for Game 2, but wouldn't tip his hand to what those might be, however he did state that Colin Wilson has shown himself well and is likely the next forward in the lineup, should he opt to make a change up front, which was one of the reasons he wanted Wilson to take pre-game skate with the team last night.

With the earlier start time tomorrow --- 7pm CT, but 5pm here in Phoenix --- neither team will take a morning skate tomorrow, so information on potential changes will likely be scarce until pre-game warm-ups.