from Tim Benz of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
Coach Mike Sullivan’s power play was 0 for 3 (with one total shot on goal) in that regard Monday, extending the club’s drought to 11 straight games without a power play tally. That stretch has featured 29 consecutive empty opportunities.
That’s despite the fact that the team’s power play units can include the likes of Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin, Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang and Bryan Rust.
“I’ve been asked that question a lot recently,” Rust said of the power play. “If I had a really good answer for you, I would give you a really good answer. Everybody who’s on that unit, (has) been on that unit, thinking about that unit, coaching that unit, is really upset with how things are going. We’re trying our best to get going, and things aren’t going. So, we’ve got to just keep working.”
The team’s two consecutive OT losses to the Flyers have been particularly galling through the lens of the power play. Just one man-up goal in eight tries could’ve made the difference between a regulation win against the cross-state rivals and an overtime defeat in both cases.
Wow. One win over the current Champs in the middle of the season and the B'lose act like they're ready for a seven-game showdown.
I live in Vegas and I am thrilled for this city, and even though I will cheer for the Wings for the rest of my days that I take my breath, in this case against the B'lose, go Vegas.
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