You know the cliche “doing good is its own reward?”
That’s because there’s no one hanging around with giant ass medals for the non-Wookiees in the group (sorry Chewie, that shit’s messed up). Likewise, the San Jose Sharks getting their act together on the power play won’t cause them to be great in other areas of their game.
There’s no secret momentum to be gained by scoring more and, no, don’t buy into the notion that failing to score consistently on the power play leads to other teams “taking liberties” with your players. In fact, let’s just unpack that from a logic standpoint, shall we?