The Kings had averaged one power-play goal per game over their previous five games, but the unit went 0-for-5 against Buffalo last night, including a huge 46-second, 5-on-3 advantage in which a goal would have given the Kings a 2-0 lead in the first period. The Kings had eight power-play shots on goal but did not score, and the Kings’ power play is now ranked 18th with a success rate of 15.5 percent (it was 20.8 percent last season, seventh in the NHL). Terry Murray was asked today about areas of needed improvement on the power play…
MURRAY: “I thought the power play last night, actually, from puck possession to breakouts and into the offensive zone, was pretty good. We had some really good time there, some good looks and the right attitude as far as taking pucks to the net or shooting. When i review it again, there are people at the net, all by themselves. So we need to finish, obviously. There is a need to find those looks pucks, to screen them maybe a little bit better, and show the attitude that San Jose and Buffalo did, where if there is something around the net, you’ve got to really dig in there and recover that puck or get it right back to the net immediately, and maybe get one of those ugly goals to give us that confidence that we need to execute on a real consistent basis on special teams.”
easy according to all other NHL teams………..
-win the 50/50 battles with two on the puck
-get pucks to the net
-get your wingers just off to the side for a backdoor pass
-D has to hing off each other
-and great communication
bingo, goals and lots of them
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Eberlin Reply:
November 20th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
@Harty, and the other teams’ scouting report on the Kings Power-play: Kopi to Doughty to Johnson to Doughty to Johnson, shot, loose puck cleared. Then there’s dump in, recover, around the boards to Kopi, to Doughty, to Kopi, stickhandle, spin around due to pressure, to Doughty, to Johnson, to Doughty, to Kopi, stickhandle a little, look at possible backdoor to other wing, high shot, no rebound.
As I had previously mentioned, anytime I got ‘vocally’ critical of the Kings power play, they’ve done well. Call it superstition, call it tucking in the right side of my jersey on purpose, I’m ok with being proven wrong as long as the team gets the job done.
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Murray pretty much saw it as I did.
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I think my boy Surly wrote it best about the Kings’ powerplay.
http://lakingsnews.com/2010/11/20/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world-on-the-kings-powerplay/
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Rainman Reply:
November 20th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
@Bobby Scribe, Couldn’t agree more. Let’s hope we see Kopitar & Williams together on the PP tonight filling up the net!
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The kings faceoffs last play off were hurting them.Hope they work on it regularly. So many blocked shots lately.Doughty had a nice 1 timer in the end of last game .Would like to see more of the one timers.Like Kurri,luc and so many La players that caused ma-ham with their one timers.Maybe it would help get the puck past the defense more.it may leave a good opportunity for a rebound and leave the other team scrambling and get out of position .
Great start so far beat a few franchise records so early this year.Even a few broke last season. Definitely a good sign for things to come for years and something to build on.It seems like the kings are at the year to either make/force a trade for a top player, for some of our prospects to have a good chance to go deep.To a team to that will run into cap problems,or just want to rebuild their Team with some of our young prospects.Or hold out till free agency time and see if someone who fits will bite on La terms.That way we will give a chance for our rookies and ahls to have more time to fight for next years roster spot.We still have a lot of players to resign next year. So i imagine it is hard to know how much cap room we will have until we resign everyone.Whatever the kings decide to do it will be exciting to watch it unfold.The kings been so patient so far is it time to push for a player or to stay patient for the right fit.So we don’t force a trade that in the long run we don’t get stuck with a cap issue that we would later wish we didn’t pull the trigger in the heat of the moment.For me i have been patient since the kings trip to the Stanley Cup. So i am in no hurry and proud of our kings team.I hope we resign our core and have some room in the cap to work magic for years to come in LA.
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“we need to execute on a real consistent bassoon”
i couldn’t have said it better. because what does a bassoon say? blow me. that’s what it says.
just play and let the chips fall where they may. because the kings may not have reached bottom yet….
luckily it’s a long season.
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Fire Kompon.
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