We did an early check-in in Mid-November here about the power plays in the West and how each team was doing and what players’ ice time and production were. Three months later we will see where teams and players have been trending.

I'm going to be using PPP/60Min. The best players typically come in between six and nine. I have a floor of about two/60Min that will put that player in danger of being removed from the power play in my opinion.

Anaheim Ducks – 5th in the NHL at 25.9 percent (4th on November 15th at 28.3 percent)

The Ducks have maintained their power-play success and still sit 5th overall.

Their typical players on each unit this year have been:

PP1: Sonny Milano (46.4% of PP time, 6.6 PPP/60MIN), Trevor Zegras (57.5, 5.0), Ryan Getzlaf (57.0, 4.3, Rickard Rakell (57.0, 4.1), Jamie Drysdale (46.1, 4.9)

PP2: Troy Terry (42.3,, 8.8), Adam Henrique (41.9, 6.6), Jakob Silfverberg (39.4, 3.8), Kevin Shattenkirk (42.7, 7.1), Cam Fowler (45.0, 8.6)

Max Comtois (45.9, 1.8), Sam Steel (14.7, 2.0) and Vinni Lettieri (40.1, 8.2) have seen time on either unit as well.

Terry leads the team with seven PPGs and Fowler leads the team with 14 PPPs. Terry leads the team in PP IPP (percentage of points that he is in on, when the team scores) with 86.7 followed by Drysdale at 81.8 which indicates that the puck is flowing through both of those players the most.

Arizona Coyotes – 32nd at 11.6 percent (30th at 12.5)

The team has not improved since November and is now dead last in the NHL with the man-advantage.

PP1: Phil Kessel (64.0, 3.8), Clayton Keller (66.0, 2.5), 2.9), Lawson Crouse (40.9, 2.0), Nick Schmaltz (44.4, 2.7), Shayne Gostisbehere (66.7, 3.6)

PP2: Christian Fischer (28.5, 2.0), Andrew Ladd (36.3, 2.6), Travis Boyd (36.6, 2.5), Alex Galchenyuk (18.6, 2.5), Jakob Chychrun (48.5, 0.8)

Keller leads the team with three PPGs and Kessel and Gostisbehere lead with nine PPPs. Gostisbehere leads the team with 81.8 PP IPP while surprisingly Keller sits at 54.5 even though he leads the team with 36 SOG on the PP.

Calgary Flames – 11th overall at 21.7 percent (10th, 23.4)

The power play has come down a little but has only dropped one spot to 11th overall.

PP1: Matthew Tkachuk (61.4, 6.3), Elias Lindholm (60.5, 5.2), Sean Monahan (56.6, 5.5), Johnny Gaudreau (61.1, 4.7), Rasmus Andersson (60.4, 4.3)

PP2: Andrew Mangiapane (36.2, 5.7), Milan Lucic (31.7, 2..5), Mikael Backlund (34.6, 3.0), Noah Hanifin (36.8, 5.7), Oliver Kylington (27.0, 3.0)

Since we last checked in Dillon Dube lost his spot on the second unit to Kylington, but otherwise, the first unit stayed the same. Tkachuk leads the team with seven PPGs and 15 PPPs, and Gaudreau leads in SOG with 54. Tkachuk leads the first unit with a PP IPP of 71.4 while Mangiapane leads the second unit at 80.

Chicago Blackhawks – 19th overall at 19.4 percent (16th overall at 20.0)

The team has seen their ranking go down from 16th to 19th and dip below 20 percent.

PP1: Brandon Hagel (36.1, 2.8), Patrick Kane (77.9, 5.8), Alex Debrincat (71.8, 5.6), Dylan Strome (46.1, 7.1), Seth Jones (70.6, 4.2)

PP2: Dominik Kubalik (35.3, 5.1), Lukas Reichel (21.1, 0), Philipp Kurashev (25.0, 4.0), Kirby Dach (43.0, 2.8), Erik Gustafsson (35.9, 2.3)

Before being hurt Toews saw his PP time go from 69.8 to 62.8 which is what happens when you have 1.6 PP/60MIN.

Debrincat leads the team with 11 PPGs, while he and Kane lead with 18 PPPs with Kane leading in SOG with 57. Surprisingly Strome leads the team in PP IPP at 83.3 followed by Kane at 75.0, but the reason is that Strome is seeing more minutes on the first unit.

Colorado Avalanche – 10th overall at 23.7 percent (26th at 15.2)

It is not very surprising to see the power play of the Avalanche improve from 26th overall to 10th and from 15.2 percent to 23.7. I wouldn't bat an eyelash if it was in the top five at the end of the season.

PP1: Mikko Rantanen (70.7, 6.7), Gabriel Landeskog (69.2, 4.8), Nazem Kadri (64.0, 6.5), Nathan MacKinnon (65.2, 7.2), Cale Makar (69.1, 6.6)

PP2: Andre Burakovsky (40.9, 3.8), Valeri Nichushkin (31.9, 2.0), Alex Newhook (26.4, 4.1), Devon Toews (34.0, 6.6), Samuel Girard (32.9, 4.7)

Rantanen leads the team with 11 PPGs and 21 PPPs, while MacKinnon leads the team in PP IPP at 80.0.

Dallas Stars – 7th overall at 25.0 percent (3rd overall at 29.4)

The Stars power play could only come down from 3rd overall and 29.4 percent from November but it is still producing well and is now 7th overall.

PP1: Tyler Seguin (52.7, 4.3), Roope Hintz (52.2, 8.0), Jason Robertson (56.0, 7.7), Joe Pavelski (57.5, 7.0), John Klingberg (58.3, 6.8)

PP2: Jamie Benn (43.3, 3.5), Denis Gurianov (40.8, 3.8), Alexander Radulov (45.0, 3.8), Miro Heiskanen (47.6, 4.3), Ryan Suter (43.4, 4.6)

Since we last checked in with the Stars in November, the team has transitioned to an obvious first unit of Hintz, Robertson, Pavelski, Seguin and Klingberg and transitioned mainstays Benn and Radulov to the second unit.

Pavelski leads the team with nine PPGs and shares the lead in PPPs with Hintz at 16. Hintz leads the team in PP IPP at 66.7, which is fairly low for a first unit and might indicate that the team has a few different looks that are successful.

Edmonton Oilers – 4th overall at 26.1 percent (1st overall at 41.9)

In mid-November the Oilers were riding high with a 41.9 percent success rate on the power-play and Dave Tippett was still coaching. Since then, they have come down to 26.1 percent and sit 4th overall and fired Tippett.

PP1: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (82.2, 5.8), Connor McDavid (84.7, 8.7), Leon Draisaitl (86.5, 8.4), Zach Hyman (51.1, 3.6) , Tyson Barrie (62.3, 4.9)

PP2: Jesse Puljujarvi (42.0, 4.8), Evander Kane (40.9, 7.9),  Warren Foegele (11.9, 4.6), Evan Bouchard (29.5, 4.6), Darnell Nurse (31.4, 4.9)

In recent weeks the team has added Kane to the lineup and interchanged him with Hyman a few times and also looked at Bouchard instead of Barrie. Puljujarvi is injured and has been replaced on the second unit with Ryan Mcleod.

Draisaitl leads the team with 14 PPGs and he and McDavid lead with 27 PPPs. They also share the team lead in PP IPP at 77.1. The power-play success rises and falls on their two shoulders.

Los Angeles Kings – 25th overall at 17.0 percent (18th overall at 18.2 percent)

The Kings power-play has dropped off a little since November going from 18th to 25 overall and seeing their percentage go from 18.2 to 17.0.

PP1: Anze Kopitar (64.1, 5.1), Adrian Kempe (55.8, 3.8), Viktor Arvidsson (59.7, 3.1), Alex Iafallo (52.2, 2.2),  Drew Doughty (64.1, 7.0)

PP2: Arthur Kaliyev (37.9, 2.9), Dustin Brown (43.4, 1.1), Phillip Danault (33.7, 0.7), Andreas Athanasiou (31.1, 2.0), Sean Durzi (40.1, 5.4)

Arvidsson has cemented his spot on the first unit, while Iafallo is holding on. Don't be surprised if Iafallo is replaced by Kaliyev sooner than later, permanently.

Kopitar leads the team with 15 PPPs while he, Doughty, Kempe and Arvidsson share the lead with four PPGs. Doughty leads the team in PP IPP at 92.3 as everything goes through him and Kopitar (78.9).

Minnesota Wild – 14th overall at 21.0 percent (19th at 18.2 percent)

The power-play has improved substantially since mid-November going from 19th overall to 14th and seeing their percentage rise from 18.2 to 21.0.

PP1: Mats Zuccarello (63.6, 8.8), Kirill Kaprizov (63.5, 6.5), Matt Boldy (56.6, 9.1), Joel Eriksson-Ek (60.6, 5.2), Jared Spurgeon (61.8, 5.1)

PP2: Ryan Hartman (42.8, 1.8),Kevin Fiala (52.0, 4.0), Marcus Foligno (36.5, 3.7), Frederick Gaudreau (30.9, 2.3), Jonas Brodin (31.0 (5.1)

Changes to the power-play were Boldy coming in and replacing Fiala on the first unit, while Brodin saw his second unit minutes increase.

Eriksson Ek leads the team with 10 PPGs while Zuccarello leads with 19 PPPs and a PP IPP of 86.4. Give Zuccarello credit as he is the key to their recent success.

Nashville Predators – 9th overall at 23.8 percent (5th at 26.8)

The Predators have seen their PP go from 5th overall to 9th and their percentage go from 26.8 to 23.8.

PP1: Filip Forsberg (61.7, 5.4), Ryan Johansen (62.1, 5.6), Mikael Granlund (63.9, 5.9), Matt Duchene (63.5, 6.9), Roman Josi (66.0, 8.8)

PP2: Eeli Tolvanen (44.3, 3.7), Tanner Jeannot (6.7, 4.5), Philip Tomasino (22.5, 7.7), Luke Kunin (28.6, 2.2), Mattias Ekholm (27.3, 2.0)

The past few months have seen the first unit cemented with the five above if they are all healthy, which has been most of the the games this season. Alexandre Carrier has seen some minutes on the second unit recently as well.

Duchene leads the team with 10 PPGs and Josi leads the team in PPPs with 22 along with PP IPP at 81.5.

San Jose Sharks – 21st overall at 18.9 percent (11th overall at 22.5 percent)

Once again, Erik Karlsson went down with an injury and the powerplay saw itself go from 11th to 21st and drop from 22.5 percent to 18.9.

PP1: Timo Meier (55.8, 5.5), Tomas Hertl (53.6, 4.7), Logan Couture (56.4, 3.8), Alexander Barabanov (44.9, 4.8), Brent Burns (56.8, 4.5)

PP2: Jonathan Dahlen (44.0, 4.3), Nick Bonino (44.4, 2.6), Lane Pederson (15.5, 0), Noah Gregor (34.6, 2.4), Mario Ferraro (11.3, 0)

Meier leads the team with nine PPGs, 10 PPPs and in PP IPP at 90.9. It is hard to believe that he wasn't even on the first unit for much of his time with the Sharks so far.

Seattle Kraken – 29th overall at 16.1 percent (31st at 10.9)

The Kraken have improved their power play a little as it has gone from 31st overall to 29th but more importantly improved their percentage from 10.9 to 16.1.

PP1: Alex Wennberg (44.8, 2.1), Marcus Johansson (57.1, 4.6), Jordan Eberle (59.2, 2.9), Jared McCann (55.0, 5.9), Vince Dunn (44.2, 3.6)

PP2: Yanni Gourde (39.1, 3.5), Calle Jarnkrok (42.2, 2.9), Ryan Donato (39.2, 0.7), Mason Appleton (12.4, 0), Mark Giordano (57.1, 3.6)

The Kraken seem to mix up their power play personnel more than most other teams in the West and the first two units are not really set.

McCann leads the team with seven PPGs and 12 PPPs and PP IPP at 80.0. He is the straw that stirs the drink.

St. Louis Blues – 2nd overall at 26.9 percent (2nd overall at 32.4 percent)

The Blues still sit 2nd overall in the league but have seen their very high 32.4 percent come down to normal at 26.9.

PP1: Vladimir Tarasenko (60.8, 7.1), Robert Thomas (44.9, 5.5), Ivan Barbashev (32.8, 6.0), Pavel Buchnevich (50.7, 8.2), Torey Krug (63.0, 5.4)

PP2: Jordan Kyrou (39.8, 8.5), Ryan O’Reilly (55.9, 4.0),Brayden Schenn (51.5, 6.3), David Perron (59.0, 6.8), Justin Faulk (27.1, 4.4)

The strength of the power play is that the Blues have ten players that can change in and out of the first unit and produce or get some goals on the second unit.

Buchnevich, O'Reilly, Schenn and Saad lead the team with five PPGs each while Tarasenko leads the team with 15 PPPs, Kyrou leads the team in PP IPP at 92.3, so when he is out there, the puck follows him. It is surprising not to see him get more minutes, but when your PP is this good why tinker?

Vancouver Canucks – 17th overall at 19.4 percent (25th overall at 15.3 percent)

The Canucks did fire Travis Green and Jim Benning since we last checked in and have seen their PP improve from 15.3 percent to 19.4 and go from 25th to 17th overall.

PP1: Brock Boeser (61.6, 4.4), Bo Horvat (63.0, 3.8), J.T. Miller (66.4, 8.0), Elias Pettersson (63.2, 4.5), Quinn Hughes (70.7, 60.1)

PP2: Vasily Podkolzin (12.0, 2.0), Nils Hoglander (19.9, 3.4), Conor Garland (37.2, 1.3), Tanner Pearson (35.4, 2.0), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (37.2, 3.1)

Alex Chiasson (43.2, 4.0) has been an option on the power-play as well and has replaced Boeser on the first unit at times. There is a large drop off in production with these units and recently Bruce Boudreau has mixed up the units with very little success.

Boeser leads the team with seven PPGs and Miller leads the team with 23 PPPs and 85.2 PP IPP followed by Hughes at 75.0. As Miller and Hughes go the PP goes this season.

Vegas Golden Knights – 20th overall at 19.1 percent (27th overall at 14.7 percent)

With the addition of Jack Eichel, the Golden Knights hope it will offset the loss of Mark Stone with the man advantage.

PP1: Max Pacioretty (60.6, 7.7), Jack Eichel (58.1, 0), Evgenii Dadonov (56.4, 2.0), Nicolas Roy (42.9, 2.7), Shea Theodore (59.4, 5.1)

PP2: Jonathan Marchessault (45.2, 7.9), Reilly Smith (41.3, 4.9), Chandler Stephenson (54.2, 3.8), William Karlsson (47.9, 2.4), Alex Pietrangelo (52.3, 4.8)

Marchessault leads the team with five PPGs and 12 PPPs and has a PP IPP of 100 percent followed by Pacioretty at 80.

Winnipeg Jets – 14th overall at 21.7 percent (8th overall at 23.7 percent)

The Jets PP has struggled over the past few months and is down from 8th overall to 14th and has gone down from 23.7 to 21.7 percent.

PP1: Blake Wheeler (66.1, 5.9), Pierre-Luc Dubois (60.4, 4.3), Mark Scheifele (66.0, 4.6), Kyle Connor (68.2, 5.7), Josh Morrissey (40.9, 5.9),

PP2: Paul Stastny (34.8, 3.4), Adam Lowry (12.6, 1.8), Nate Schmidt (39.9, 6.4), Neal Pionk (52.3, 3.4)

The Jets are without Nikolaj Ehlers (43.3, 2.2) and Andrew Copp (48.8, 2.5) so Wheeler, Dubois, Scheifele and Connor have been seeing a lot of ice time with the man advantage. .

Dubois leads the Jets with nine PPGs and Connor leads the team with 17 PPPs. Nate Schmidt surprisingly leads the team when he is on the power play with a PP IPP of 84.6.

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