No goals, but also few power-play chances

Following on the power-play/penalty-kill discussion, it’s worth noting that while the Kings aren’t scoring power-play goals, they’re also not getting a lot of chances to score them. In their last three games, the Kings have had three, one and two power-play chances, respectively. For the season, the Kings are essentially average — they rank 18th — in total power-play chances, so Terry Murray was asked today whether the Kings are doing a good enough job of getting to the hard areas of the ice and playing the right way in order to draw enough penalties…

MURRAY: “I go back over these games, and I’m seeing the hard driving to the net, middle-lane drive, getting right to the blue paint. I think the great example is the goals that we scored in Washington, and Simmonds, the play he makes in Philadelphia. Strong, gets the puck recovered and now gets to the net. The goalie has no chance. He doesn’t see it. So that’s there. We might get a little cute at times, but overall, I feel pretty comfortable that we’re doing the right stuff to get to the net and having a net-presence mentality.”