Injuries and the Stanley Cup Playoffs go together like peanut butter and jam.

Much has been made of the postseason-ending injury suffered by Nashville Predators center Ryan Johansen, but Anaheim Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle was quick to point out his team is also playing shorthanded.

"When you lose players, it's part of life in the playoffs," Carlyle said Saturday. "We lost a pretty good player in Patrick Eaves. You guys seem to forget about that. He was one of our top goal scorers, maybe one of our best players since the trade deadline. Reignited our offense."

Carlyle added it has to be a team effort when an important player goes down.

"So what we tried to do is you try to do it by committee. Because one player is not going to replace Patrick Eaves. And we know that. So it gives other people an opportunity to get some minutes maybe they wouldn't normally get. And that's the way you treat it."

Eaves suffered a lower body injury during Game 3 of the second round, and will miss his eighth straight in Game 5 against Nashville.

Prior to the injury, he'd scored 13 goals in 27 games since being acquired by the Ducks.

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