LOS ANGELES — With an 0-for-6 performance in Sunday’s 3-2 overtime loss in Anaheim, the Blue Jackets tumbled to last place in the NHL with a 10.7 percent success rate on the power play.



By now you know the gory details. The Jackets flew home Monday riding an 0-for-21 death spiral with a man-advantage, but it’s not as if Nationwide Arena should be seen as any sort of comfort zone. The Jackets are 1-for-26 on the power play at home this season.



Two players — Winnipeg’s Patrik Laine and Washington’s Evgeny Kuznetsov — have scored as many power play goals (six) as all of the Blue Jackets combined.



Yes, the 2018-19 season is young. Yes, power plays across the league are notoriously streaky, unless you’re the Washington Capitals. But the Blue Jackets’ ineptitude with one extra skater on the ice is costing them games, crushing their confidence at five-on-five play, and even making assistant coach Brad Larsen a...