The Rangers’ power play is currently operating at roughly a 33 percent success rate, having scored on five of 15 man-advantage stretches through the first four games of the season.
, in which they had four man-advantage opportunities. And even on the one when they didn’t capitalize, the Rangers scored almost immediately after it expired, when Filip Chytil fed Alexis Lafreniere for his first goal of the season and the 4-2 lead at 17:39 of the second period.
The top unit seemingly grows more and more automatic with every passing rep together. They often spend nearly the entire stretch with the man advantage in the offensive zone, cycling the puck among one another and looking to create lanes to the net. It has a calm flow to it that seems to be unsettling for opponents.
The dominance of the power play has become contagious throughout the lineup. They feed off of it. When Anaheim was called for a delay-of-game penalty, Zibanejad found Vincent Trocheck for a tap-in goal just under seven minutes into the game. Trocheck then returned the favor on the Rangers’ next power play, feeding Zibanejad as the Swedish center crashed the net for the 2-0 score at 13:10 of the opening frame.
“I think if you look at the top power plays around the league, they’ve all played together for a long time,” Zibanejad said. “Obviously, Troch being new, I think it’s just trying to work with him as much as possible.”
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