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With each game, the outlook has become more dire for the Rangers\u2019 power play. <\/p>\n
The time left to fix everything before a potential playoff has all but dwindled, too, even with head coach Peter Laviolette continuing to tinker with his units.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Blueshirts enter Saturday\u2019s game against the Devils with just two goals in their last 41 power-play opportunities since March 3 \u2014 and just five across their last 60 dating back to Feb. 5. <\/p>\n
Their once-infallible strength has become nonexistent, even with the special teams core from past seasons still on the roster. <\/p>\n
And when asked about the woeful unit again after practice Friday, Laviolette had a tinge of desperation in his voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re at the time of the season right now where definitely those two things \u2014 PP and PK \u2014 can make a difference in a game,\u201d Laviolette said. \u201cWe talk about it all the time. It could be the swing factor.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
When asked if he would consider putting a younger player or Jonny Brodzinski with the veterans on the top unit, Laviolette said that the second unit \u2014 which contains Brodzinski \u2014 has been the most \u201ceffective\u201d of the two and hit the post during the Rangers\u2019 overtime win Tuesday against the Wild. <\/p>\n
He wouldn\u2019t divulge, though, if that would mean more ice time for a group that also includes Gabe Perreault, who signed his entry-level deal after Boston College\u2019s season ended and made his NHL debut in the Minnesota game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alexis Lafreni\u00e8re, Chris Kreider and K\u2019Andre Miller also skated on the second power-play unit Friday, with Adam Fox, J.T. Miller, Artemi Panarin, Vincent Trocheck and Brennan Othmann \u2014 with the 22-year-old likely just serving as a placeholder for Mika Zibanejad \u2014 occupying the spots for the top group during the session.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just saying that they were the unit that was most noticeable the other night,\u201d Laviolette said of his second unit, while also acknowledging that constant shuffling and changing can \u201cget away from something as well when you start moving it all the time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
But for now, and until the results start to improve, that likely will continue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zibanejad was sick and didn\u2019t practice Friday, with Juuso Parssinen taking his spot as the third line\u2019s center. Laviolette didn\u2019t want to speculate about Zibanejad\u2019s status for Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to think that everybody when they\u2019re not here for a reason, they turn the corner the next day and they feel great,\u201d Laviolette said. \u201cBut I can\u2019t say for certain.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Matt Rempe (upper body) skated in a regular jersey and practiced, but Brett Berard took the first rep with the fourth line during practice alongside Kreider and Sam Carrick. <\/p>\n
Rempe hasn\u2019t played since March 25. <\/p>\n
When asked if he\u2019d be an option for the Devils game, Laviolette just said he\u2019s \u201cprogressing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Will Cuylle will have a chance to make Rangers history Saturday if he collects five hits, which would allow him to pass Ryan Callahan (285 in 2009-10) for the franchise\u2019s single-season record. <\/p>\n
Cuylle\u2019s 281 ranked second in the NHL entering Friday\u2019s games, and he \u201chits just about everything he sees,\u201d Laviolette said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Rangers sit two points behind the Canadiens \u2014 who host the Flyers on Saturday night \u2014 for the Eastern Conference\u2019s second wild-card spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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