As I discussed last week, the Winnipeg Jets have had a multi-faceted special teams problem over the past few years. One aspect of that has been a power play that has ranked 25th, 20th, 30th and 18th during Paul Maurice’s three and a half years in charge. Winnipeg is eighth in the NHL in power play opportunities in this window but just 23rd in power-play goals.



When you’re faced with a problem like this, it’s sometimes worth going back through the years and seeing if there’s anything that worked well that was abandoned at some point. When it comes to power plays, I look for units that both generate a lot of shot attempts and score a lot of goals. Units that score goals without generating shots are the work of the devil, lulling you into a false belief that your power play is good and then, when the shooting percentage dries up, producing absolutely nothing for weeks or months on end.



The bizarre thing about Winnipeg’s power-play problems...