SAN JOSE, Calif. — The lack of scoring coming by the Rangers at five-on-five has intensified the club’s reliance on the power play. It has been clear for the past two seasons that the power play ca…
It has been clear for the past two seasons that the power play can be an integral part of the Rangers’ offense, but lately when it hasn’t been operating at its usual standard, they haven’t always been able to make up for it elsewhere.
“I think when you get an opportunity on the power play, you want to score, you know how important it is,” Mika Zibanejad said when asked if the Rangers feel pressure to produce with the man-advantage when things are going at five-on-five. “I think we saw it last year through the regular season and through the playoffs. Obviously, we want our five-on-five to score more goals and do that.
In five of their first 18 games of the season, the Rangers have received at least half of their final goal total from their power play. Their record over those five games is 1-4. The only two tallies the Rangers scored in their overtime loss to the Kraken on Thursday night came on the power play, which included Vincent Trocheck’s game-tying score with 1:54 left in regulation that snatched the Rangers a point.
It’s obviously not plausible to capitalize on every power play, but the Rangers can’t be putting themselves in a position in which it’s their only hope.
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