Everything in the preseason has to be taken with a grain of salt. But the Coyotes can at least be pleased with what they got out of their special teams units on Tuesday.
In their first home preseason game, the Coyotes knocked off the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 at Gila River Arena behind three goals on the power play and several effective penalty kills.
For a team that finished 25th out of 31 teams on the power play last season, the ease at which the Coyotes created opportunities during the man-advantage was especially refreshing for a team that struggled in that area throughout much of 2018-19.