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Dallas Stars Daily Links: Stars Believe Power Play Is Trending In The Right Direction
With two key pieces in Mike Ribeiro and Jamie Benn on the shelf for the next few games, the Dallas Stars have needed all the offense they can get. Enter the power play, which is conceivably what they need to rely even more heavily on during this stretch. Problem is, the power play has been...
Dallas Stars Daily Links: Special Teams Come Through For Stars In Victory
Of all the things we've learned from the Dallas Stars first four games, one of the most impressive is the penalty kill seems to be able to come through in the clutch. The Stars had to withstand their second late PK in a close game in as many outings Thursday to preserve a 3-2 victory over the St....
Short-handed goals against and power play efficiency
The Tampa Bay Lightning had one of the stronger power play units in the National Hockey League during the 2010-11 season, and best overall in the Eastern Conference to boot. People feared Steven Stamkos and his booming snap shot. 11 players on the roster all had goals with the man advantage. ...
Be the Coach: Build Your Powerplay Units
Keeping the theme going from our last hurrah, we're going to look at the man advantage today and see what forwards and defensemen you would use if you were in Florida Panthers head coach Kevin Dineen's shoes (or skates)! Take some time to post your powerplay units in the comments, and provide us...
The Islanders Struggles: Talent or Coaching?
In some aspects last season, the Islanders had a really good season. Younger players stepped up, other players showed why they have huge upside and Dwayne Roloson had an unbelievable season. It's easy to just look at the standings, see the Islanders near the bottom of the standings and be...
Stopping on Long Island on a snowy evening: Lightning vs. Islanders preview [UPDATED]
WHERE: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New YorkWHEN: 7 PM ESTMEDIA: Sun Sports, 620 WDAE Lets start with the enws of the weekend that we did not report here on Raw Charge but it none-the-less happened. No, no, not what the title suggests, but the fact Lukas Krajicek was sent to AHL...
Facing the Reigning Champs -- Lightning at Pittsburgh Preview
WHERE: Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaWHEN: 7:30 PM EDTMEDIA: Sun Sports TV (Cable - HD), 620WDAE (Radio) One of the stories playing out, even before the 7-1 drubbing the Lightning suffered in Ottawa on Thursday, is the lack of offensive output by Alex Tanguay and Vincent Lecavalier. ...
Adam Oates officially signed as Lightning assistant coach
A long gestation has come to an end. With rumors starting at the cusp of summer, Adam Oates name has been lingering around the Lightning for a while. As training camp opened, Oates was present with the Lightning as a favor for buddy Rick Tocchet. But now? Now Oates is officially part of the...
Scoring Probability vs Length of a 2-man advantage
I was asked recently about how the length of a 5-on-3 affects the rate at which teams score. Obviously, very few 5-on-3s run a full two minutes - it's both rare to take two penalties at once, and to successfully kill a two-man disadvantage. (In fact, it has only happened once so far during the...
New Puck Prospectus Post: "What Power-Play?"
http://puckprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=120"After the 2007-08 season, the NHL changed a rule in order to increase offense on the power play. In the past, when a penalty was called, the first power play faceoff was taken wherever the puck was touched. Starting with the 2008-09 season,...
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