What’s Wrong With the Stars’ Power Play?

Visualization via HockeyViz.com In their most recent game, Friday December 20 against the New York Rangers, the Dallas Stars played 17 minutes on the power play and were outscored 1-0; only the third time since 2009-10 that a team had that much time on the power play, and the only instance in which a team was outscored with that much power play time. That toothless showing was the low point of what’s been a frustrating power play all season. As of Saturday, the Stars sit 23rd in the league in goals for per 60 minutes on the power play; a stunning drop after finishing 5th and 6th in the two previous seasons, per Evolving-Hockey.

Under the hood, however, the numbers don’t look so bad. By both…