It would be easy to say the New York Rangers had put too much pressure on themselves to impress, rather than just win games. But in the last 10 matches, the Rangers have found a way to write that correct narrative and just win, rather than impress.
The same thing goes for the power play and the team’s largest acquisition, who also happens to be a power play specialist. The narrative remained: impress, rather than just score.
The power play has been pretty good all year, including the slow start. But as first line center Mika Zibanejad put it, the team was connecting on some power plays but wasn’t using it as a momentum boost for the overall team.