Vegas Golden Knights: Marchessault loss, other takeaways from CBJ loss
2. No power on the man advantage
The Vegas Golden Knights have been pretty stellar on the power play all year, ranking inside the top 10 for the majority of the regular season.
However, the Knights have started to slow down on the power play as of late, and they struggled to get anything going on the man advantage against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
In total, Vegas went 0-for-3 on the power play against the Blue Jackets, generating just three shots on goal which is incredibly disappointing given the firepower the Knights can call upon.
And, in the last six games, the Golden Knights have gone 2-for-11 on the power play which is shocking given the weapons they have at their disposal.
They just failed to get anything going against Columbus on the man advantage, despite the fact that the Blue Jackets have the 14th ranked penalty kill in the NHL.
Not having a true puck-moving defenseman, apart from Shea Theodore, that can help with zone entries and the transition game didn’t help, and I also think Jonathan Marchessault’s absence hurts the power play too.
After the stinker against Columbus, the Golden Knights now rank ninth on the power play in the league (21.8), and they are going to have to get back to what they do best on the man advantage in order to snap this current three-game losing streak.