Pittsburgh’s power play was ranked No. 1 in the NHL and it feasted on the Flyers in the four games between the teams this season.
That will have to change if the Flyers are going to upset the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions in a first-round series that starts Wednesday in Pittsburgh.
Defenseman Andrew MacDonald had a simple solution for containing a Pittsburgh power play that had a franchise-record 26.2 percent success rate in the regular season and went 5 for 13 (38.5 percent) against the Flyers.
“Stay out of the box,” he said with a smile.