Whether or not the Islanders ultimately make the playoffs, one of the first priorities of the offseason must be to figure out how their power play went so drastically wrong this season.
scoreless in its past 16 attemptsBut the lack of explanation or ability to fix a woeful 15.53 percent season-long conversion rate, ranked 31st league wide, doesn’t change the fact it is well below the standard., includes five more-than-competent offensive players on its top unit. The 12 extra goals that amounted to would more than likely be the difference between playoff safety and the wait-and-hope situation in which the Islanders currently find themselves.
Bo Horvat has been on a struggling Islanders power play unit that has remain unchanged since Mat Barzal’s injury.“I didn’t see enough shots,” coach Lane Lambert said following his team’s 5-2 loss Monday night to the Capitals, in which the Islanders tested goalie Darcy Kuemper just one time in 6:00 at five-on-four. “So, move the puck around, at some point, somebody’s gotta get it to the net. When we did get it to the net, the couple times we did, it created opportunity.
As a result, the top unit of Noah Dobson, Kyle Palmieri, Bo Horvat, Brock Nelson and Anders Lee has mostly stayed intactAccording to Natural Stat Trick, that quintet has scored just four goals with 14 high-danger chances in 48:40 at five-on-four.“Right now it’s tough,” Nelson said. “It feels like you get a look, you’re not getting the next bounce.”
It’s pretty clear, though, that the problem goes well beyond a few bad bounces or a typical dry spell. Outside of the six games in which Horvat and Barzal were both on the top power-play unit, the Islanders have gone 28-for-212 all season. The AHL Bridgeport Islanders signed right winger Matt Maggio to a tryout deal Monday. Maggio, the Islanders’ fifth-round pick in the 2022 draft, had 54 goals and 57 assists with the OHL Windsor Spitfires.
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