At Winnipeg’s off-day media availability, Nik Ehlers faced several questions about his goal scoring slump.



What does it feel like to be scoreless through 12 games of the Stanley Cup playoffs? Has something changed in his game? Is it puck luck or something worse?



For a player with 29 goals in 82 regular season games (and 25 goals in 2016-17), a little bit of frustration would be understandable. During the regular season, Ehlers’ longest stretch of play without a goal was eight games – once from November 6 to 22, and a second time in from January 12 through February 1.



Including Winnipeg’s final two games of the regular season, Ehlers is now up to 14 consecutive games without a goal.



For a 22-year-old player known for his offensive ability, that must be at least a little bit aggravating.



Not so, he said.



“No. Not at all,” Ehlers said when asked if his goal drought was weighing on him...