As Colorado has streaked into second place in the Western Conference, the only bet as sure as the explosiveness of the team’s top line is its equally effective power play.
Over and over, penalties have played out like a recipe for disaster for Avalanche opponents: Get sent to the penalty box, open up Pandora’s box. Colorado possesses the NHL’s No. 1 power-play unit and has lit the lamp 26 times in 82 opportunities (31.7 percent).
“The power-play success is some about our communication before the games, and pre-scouting the other teams for when we get the advantage,” Mikko Rantanen said.