While some clubs, including the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs, are struggling on the power play these days, the New York Rangers’ power play is on full swing.
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Prior to visiting the Islanders in the evening at the Nassau Coliseum, the “Blueshirts” claimed 32 one-man goals this season, which is the ninth-highest total in the National Hockey League. In terms of overall efficiency, they rank 15th at 20.8%. However, head coach David Quinn’s team have been dangerous on the shorthanded game in their last four games, all gains at the expense of the New Jersey Devils, who have the circuit’s worst shorthanded record. New York has capitalized four times on 10 occasions in the games in question and nine times on its 23 most recent chances.
The contribution of some should also be highlighted. Since the start of the campaign, Adam Fox has amassed 21 points in this situation of the game, the highest for the Rangers. For the number of goals, Chris Kreider dominates with 10. Ryan Strome and Artemi Panarin also excel with 16 and 15 points respectively.
“I think we are circulating the puck properly. We are attacking and certainly we have some games already prepared and others that we use depending on what the opposing numerical inferiority presents, the forward Mika Zibanejad told the “New York Post” daily. I think you need a high pace and it’s not just in terms of skating, but also the movement of the disc and the support from each other. We are also working hard to keep the puck. ”
Nothing for Lafrenière
For his part, Alexis Lafrenière has still not obtained a point in the massive attack, he who has totaled eight goals and six assists for 14 points in 45 games this year. The first choice in the 2020 amateur draft is in the third line, to the left of Filip Chytil and Kaapo Kakko.
Fifth-ranked holders in the Eastern section, the Rangers will have the opportunity to get closer to the top 4 after their visit to Long Island. They will play four times at home, twice against the Philadelphia Flyers and just as many against the Buffalo Sabers, with the teams in the ranks 6 and 8 of their division.
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