Confidence in their power play – and trust in their penalty kill – have made New York unbeatable thus far.
Special night: a dramatic double-overtime victory at home to keep the New York Rangers undefeated in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
“It’s definitely a strength — you want it to be a strength,” Adam Fox told Daily Faceoff about their group’s power play unit. “You look at every series, and if you win the special teams battle I think you have a pretty good chance at winning your series.” “It’s part of a plan to come in here and hope to build something the right way. Players have to really grab onto that — and they have,” Laviolette said. “I do think they’re having fun, there’s good camaraderie. They play hard for each other in a game, they practise hard together. They get along well off the ice.”
After taking Game 2 in double overtime, the Rangers now find themselves in a very similar situation as the past two postseason runs. A 2-0 series lead has haunted this group in years past as their cup aspirations were cut short in 2022 after letting a 2-0 lead slip against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference Final, to then go through the same thing last year against the New Jersey Devils in the opening round. This time around, they’re aware of what’s to come.
“I think he’s taken the regular season and the confidence he got from that and he’s bringing it into the playoffs,” Laviolette said. The confidence that this group has in one another is evident, so much so that Panarin took a penalty in overtime which prevented a potential game-winning goal, but he had the trust in the penalty kill to bail him out.
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