For the Philadelphia Flyers, it has been a roller coaster first six games. It has featured some ups and downs, but there has been one consistent: a poor power play.
The Flyers are a miserable 2-for-27 on the power play, good for 26th in the NHL in power play percentage (7.4). To make matters worse, the man advantage is 1-for-18 on home ice, and 1-for-9 on the road.
While it's still very early, it's a cause for concern for a team that had the third best power play in the entire league last year. In the 2009-10 season, the Flyers were 68-for-317 (21.4%). Their 317 opportunities ranked sixth most in the NHL last year.
Through six games this year, the Flyers have 27 man advantages, which puts them 19th in the league in power play opportunities. They are in the midst of a 0-for-9 drought since their last power play tally in the first period of this past Saturday's loss to the Penguins.
Before that, the Flyers were 0-for-13 on the power play during a three game stand after scoring once on the man advantage in the season opener in Pittsburgh. Here's a depressing thought: the Flyers are 2-for-9 against the Pens on the power play this year, 0- ...
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Philadelphia Flyers’ Power Play Suffering From a Case of Too Much Patience
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