Detroit – Take your ranking on both the power play and penalty kill, add them up, and if the number is less than 20 you’re doing a good job.
The majority of NHL teams use that general rule to judge how their special teams are doing.
The Detroit Red Wings ranked ninth on the power play (at 26.1 percent) and 10th on the penalty kill (82.1 percent) heading into Thursday’s games.
The Wings gladly will take that at the end of the season. And even now, just 15 games into a season that has been a massive roller-coaster ride, there are good feeling about the special teams.