How to fix a PK

To be certain, Terry Murray doesn’t want the Vancouver Canucks to “fix” their penalty kill. The Kings are 7-for-12 on the power play entering tonight’s Game 4, a huge reason why they hold a 2-1 lead in the series. Murray was asked today though, in general, how a team can go about making fixes to its penalty-kill unit in short order…

MURRAY: “I’ve been through it many times, unfortunately, where things go back on you. What I have done in the past is just pull it together and spend some time together as a group. Have some discussion, bring the players into it, get their opinions and sort it out and, at the end of the day, I think you, as a coach, need to gather that information, filter it out and bring it back to them again the next day and say, `OK, here’s where we’re going to get a real big focus on tonight.”

A Vancouver reporter pointed out to Murray that the Canucks didn’t do any on-ice penalty-kill work in practice Tuesday, and instead watched extensive video. Murray was asked about his thoughts on fixing things through video…

MURRAY: “Video is a good thing. You don’t have to take it on the ice. There are a lot of visuals that are important in the process, when you get into this time of the year. Certainly, again, just sorting out some things. You can’t over-complicate it, but just sort it out and get to specific points and go from there.”

Finally, are there certain areas, within the penalty kill, that teams seek to address when things aren’t going well? Pressuring the points, for instance?

MURRAY: “It comes down to an individual team’s situation. Are you too aggressive? Are you over-pursuing? Are you running at the points? Are you chasing the puck? Do you have your sticks in the right lanes? It all depends on when you watch your team play on video, as to what specifically you’re going to focus on.”