The team didn’t practice as long and was not asked to battle as hard as McLellan would have liked Friday because it had played Thursday night and faced two weekend games, a 1 p.m. home game Saturday and a 5 p.m. contest in Anaheim on Sunday. Practice could go a long way in reinforcing systems, correcting defensive-zone breakdowns, tweaking the power play and integrating rookies and newcomers with the veterans. The physical part isn’t going to be there, but the visual and mental parts will be. Since opening with a 4-0 win in Los Angeles on Oct.