New York Rangers head coach finally makes some much needed changes to what once use to be a very explosive play power unit.![New York Rangers]()
As the Playoffs are just around the corner, and that should be the New York Rangers main focus. However, the struggling power play unit is truly affecting their chances to move moved in the NHL Standings.
The Rangers power play unit has been so dreadful, as they have only scored two goals over their last 45 attempts on the man advantage.
Leaving the Rangers to officially rank 26th among all teams in power-play goals with 34 and rank 27th in power play percentage at 17.1%.
Despite Peter Laviolette's changes and little tweaks over the last few games, nothing seems to be working and the teams confidence seems to be taking a serious toll, game by game.
New York Rangers head coach finally takes issue with the struggling power-play unit
Following the Rangers latest game against the New Jersey Devils, the team is non forced to make some much needed changes.
On Sunday morning, the New York Rangers worked on both power-play units and tried to get things figured out.
The first power-play unit consisted of Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin, J.T. Miller, Mika Zibanejad, and Vincent Trocheck.
Meanwhile, Zac Jones, Chris Kreider, Alexis Lafrenière, and Jonny Brodzinski practiced on the second unit with Gabe Perreault and Brennan Othmann alternating.
Meanwhile, Zac Jones, Chris Kreider, Alexis Lafrenière, and Jonny Brodzinski practiced on the second unit with Gabe Perreault and Brennan Othmann alternating.
Both groups failed to score in practice. However, the puck movement seemed to be much improved, something Peter Laviolette took note of.
«There were a lot of good chances out there to score goals,» Laviolette said. «No goal, but the guys were moving around. I liked the way they were moving. The tempo out there was good. Hope we can carry that into tomorrow.»
The Rangers must find a new mind set heading into their last few games of the season if they hope to make the playoffs.
«I think when power play two gets out there, we are trying to just get shots on net, recovering pucks, and just keep firing it at the net,» Brodzinski said. «It's the only way we are going to get out of this sump, stop getting east-west with it and just start putting a lot more pucks at the net.»
The New York Rangers are set to face off against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night 7:00PM.
