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What\u2019s worse for the Islanders right now \u2014 their lack of power play production or their lack of power play opportunities? <\/p>\n
Both are on a historically bad pace.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At a lowly 10.5 percent, including a scoreless streak that stretched to 0-for-25 in Tuesday\u2019s 2-0 loss to the Senators, the Islanders are on pace to be the fifth-worst man-advantage unit since the NHL started keeping stats in 1977-78.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At just 2.44 opportunities per game, they\u2019re also on pace to get the seventh-fewest power play chances of any team over the same span, though interestingly, three of the teams worse than them are also playing this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Whichever of those you find more offensive, the situation looks untenable. <\/p>\n
The Islanders haven\u2019t scored a power play goal in front of their home crowd since Nov. 30, and when they do get a call, it often saps their momentum, with UBS Arena regularly booing the repeated failures to enter the puck into the zone or get a shot off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to score a power play goal like everybody else,\u201d captain Anders Lee said. \u201cIt\u2019s a thorn in our side right now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That is understating it to an extreme.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Coach Patrick Roy has repeatedly changed the units around, and it has not helped. <\/p>\n
The penalty kill \u2014 also on a historically awful pace \u2014 has surprisingly found some competence over the last week, with the Islanders focusing lots of energy on special teams in practice. <\/p>\n
Not so for the power play, and Roy sounded out of answers Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we need to trust what we\u2019re doing and we gotta trust the guys that are out there,\u201d he said. \u201cWe got some talent. I think sometimes it\u2019s just simplify things and throw pucks at the net. And that\u2019s what I\u2019ve been showing [in film sessions]. Throw pucks at the net, jam and score on the rebound. Score on the tip and sometimes that\u2019s all you need to get some confidence, then all of a sudden things start to open up for us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
In other words, there\u2019s not much to do here other than hope a group of players that hasn\u2019t done anything on the power play all year suddenly starts executing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not the most inspiring of plans, but more than halfway through the season, there\u2019s no silver bullet lurking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re constantly trying to get better on it,\u201d Noah Dobson said. \u201cIt\u2019s no secret it\u2019s not good enough. We gotta do a better job.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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