from Dana Wakiji of the Wings website,

In Monday's morning skate, it was Mantha back at the net when his unit with Dylan Larkin, Martin Frk, Bertuzzi and Mike Green worked on the power play.

"I think when you have Frk on the power play, you've got a real flank shooter there," Blashill said. "Part of Larkin's growth has been leaving him on the half-wall and letting him learn that position. You've got Z (Henrik Zetterberg) on another half-wall and Double-A (Andreas Athanasiou) on a half-wall. Those half-wall spots are filled up.

"Mantha, I was real reticent to take him off the net front to be dead honest with you, because that's an area where I think he's really grown, really learned to understand the goals that are there to be had there. He's one of the best guys at it. So that's why."

It won't be an easy task to score on the power play against the Sharks.

They have not allowed a man-advantage goal in the last seven games and have the league's best penalty kill at 84.7 percent.

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