The Western Conference is dominating the league with the man advantage as they have eight of the top-nine teams on the power play at the moment. On the flip side, they have eight of the bottom 10 teams with the worst penalty kill as well.

I wanted to go through each team and see what players were on the power play units of each team in the West and let people know if anyone has lost their spot and if so, who has replaced them. The other factor is injuries with either a player returning or a player out of the lineup for the foreseeable future.

Anaheim Ducks – 31st overall (11.4%) (4 for 35)

The Ducks power play has struggled this season to score and they have given up three shorthanded goals as well. With the addition of John Klingberg, the power play was supposed to reach new heights this year. The first unit consists of Troy Terry, Trevor Zegras and Klingberg as core pieces and Ryan Strome, Mason McTavish, Max Comtois or Adam Henrique rotating as the other two spots. Jamie Drysdale is out for four to six months, so is not an option.

The Ducks are 31st in the league in power play opportunities per game at 2.69.

In their game against the Canucks on Thursday, they went 2 for 3 with the man advantage and had Terry, Zegras, Klingberg, Adam Henrique and Max Comtois on the top unit. On Sunday night, the power play only had two opportunities and didn't score with the same five players as the Canucks game on the top unit. 

Arizona Coyotes – 5th overall (29.0) (11 for 38)

The Coyotes have had surprising success on the power play after 11 games but were 0 for 4 in their last game. Leading the way for Arizona is Nick Ritchie with four PPGs and Ritchie and Gostisbehere with five PPPs.

For the year, the top unit has been Gostisbehere, Ritchie, Clayton Keller, Travis Boyd and J.J. Moser for the most part. The second unit has been Lawson Crouse, Dylan Guenther, Juuso Valimaki, Matias Maccelli and Barrett Hayton who have four of the 11 PPGs so far this season. These were the units in their last game against Washington on Saturday night.

The Coyotes are 18th overall in power play opportunities per game at 3.45.

 Calgary Flames – 18th overall (20.0) (7 for 35)

Calgary is 17th overall in power play opportunities per game at 3.50.

The Flames went 0 for 5 on the PP against New Jersey on Saturday night with Nazem Kadri, Elias Lindholm, Rasmus Andersson, Tyler Toffoli and Jonathan Huberdeau seeing first unit duties while Noah Hanifin, Mikael Backlund, Dillon Dube, Andrew Mangiapane and Mackenzie Weegar were on the second unit. These units have stayed pretty much the same from the start of the year.

Kadri leads the team with five PPPs and he, Toffoli and Lindholm each have two PPGs.

Chicago Blackhawks – 11th overall (24.3) (9 for 37)

Seth Jones is out for three to four weeks, so Chicago's power play has had to change its personnel in recent games. Tyler Johnson was also on the first unit and is out indefinitely.

Chicago is 25th overall in PP opportunities per game at 3.08.

The Blackhawks were shutout against Winnipeg on Saturday night and their PP went 0 for 4. The units were Patrick Kane, Max Domi, Taylor Raddysh, Jonathan Toews and Caleb Jones replacing his brother on the top unit. The second unit was Andreas Athanasiou, Jason Dickinson, Mackenzie Entwistle, Alec Regula and Kane.

No surprise in that Kane leads the team with seven PPPs while Domi and Toews share the lead with three PPGs.

Colorado Avalanche – 1st overall (38.2) (13 for 34)

I'm surprised to see Colorado 24th in the league in PP opportunities per game at 3.09. With the talent on this team, they should be in the top 10 but it seems like referees are hesitant to give this power play an opportunity unless they are 100% sure of the call.

The top unit was set in stone with Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Artturi Lehkonen, Valeri Nichushkin and Cale Makar getting almost 75% of the power play early in the year. With Nichushkin out the past five games, Evan Rodrigues has slotted in and has two PPGs.

Nichushkin is day-to-day so Rodrigues will more than likely lose his spot as Nichushkin still leads the team with five PPGs. Rantanen leads with eight PPPs, while Makar has seven.

Dallas Stars – 4th overall (29.3) (12 for 41)

The Stars are 21st in the league in PP opportunities per game with 3.58.

The top unit for most of the season has been Jason Robertson, Roope Hintz, Joe Pavelski, Miro Heiskanen and Jamie Benn. The second unit was Tyler Seguin, Mason Marchment, Nils Lundkvist, Wyatt Johnston and Ryan Suter. The split has been about 55/45 with the first unit scoring nine of the 12 goals to date.

Robertson leads the team with three PPGs and eight PPPs with Jamie Benn just behind with seven PPPS.

When Heiskanen missed three games recently he was replaced by Lundkvist and Suter and the power play went 0 for 10 in those three games.

Edmonton Oilers – 2nd overall (31.9) (15 for 47)

The Oilers, much like Colorado should be amongst the league leaders in PP opportunities with Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, but it is well-documented that McDavid doesn't get as many calls as he should in recent years.

This season they are 5th overall at 3.92/game, so perhaps things are evening out. It's a lethal combination of a potent power play with drawing a lot of penalties.

The top unit is McDavid, Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Tyson Barrie and one of either Evander Kane or Zach Hyman. In their last game in a 6-2 loss to Dallas, the team went 1 for 5 on the PP and Kane got the nod over Hyman.

On the year, Hyman has two PPGs while Kane has none yet. McDavid leads the team with six PPGs and he and Draisaitl have 12 PPPs. Barrie appears to have the top unit role over Bouchard at this point in the season.

Los Angeles Kings – 23rd overall (19.7) (11 for 53)

It's a good sign for a young team that the Kings are leading the league in PP opportunities per game with 4.36.

The top unit has consisted of Kevin Fiala, Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty, Adrian Kempe and Gabriel Vilardi recently. The second unit was Trevor Moore, Viktor Arvidsson, Phillip Danault, Arthur Kaliyev and Sean Durzi. The split has been about 60/40 for both units so far. The second unit has out-scored the first unit seven to four on the power play so far. In their last game against Washington, the split was about 50/50 with both units seeing about four minutes of power play time where the team went 1 for 6.

Kaliyev leads the team with three PPGs and shares the PPPs lead with Fiala, Kopitar and Arvidsson with four.

Minnesota Wild – 7th overall (26.3) (10 for 38)

The Wild are 19th in the league in PP opportunities at 3.45 per game.

The top unit for the Wild have averaged about 80% of the time with the man-advantage. The first unit has been, Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek, Matt Boldy, Mats Zuccarello and Calen Addison.

Zuccarello leads the team with four PPGs and eight PPPs, while Kaprizov has three PPGs and seven PPPs.

Addison had a very quick start to the season with four PPPs in his first four games, but only has one in the past seven games. Unless the power play really starts to struggle, it looks like the job is his for the foreseeable future.

Nashville Predators – 28th overall (14.9) (7 for 47)

Any power play with Roman Josi on it, should be better than the Nashville one has been so far this season. The Predators are 6th in the league in opportunities per game at 3.92, so need to take advantage of their chances.

The top unit has been, Josi, Filip Forsberg, Matt Duchene, Mikael Granlund and Ryan Johansen just over 60% of the time, while the second unit has been Nino Niederreiter, Tanner Jeannot and a revolving door between rookie Jordan Gross, Eeli Tolvanen, Cody Glass or Zach Sanford.

Forsberg leads the team in PPPs with five while Neiderreiter and Josi both have two PPGs.

San Jose Sharks – 24th overall (18.6) (8 for 43)

The Sharks are 27th overall in PP opportunities per game with 3.08.

The top unit is led by the resurgent Erik Karlsson, Timo Meier, Tomas Hertl, Logan Couture and Alexander Barabanov. The second unit was Luke Kunin, Kevin Labanc, Nick Bonino, Mario Ferraro and one of either Nico Sturm, Oskar Lindblom or Matt Benning.

Kunin appears to have lost his role on the first unit to Barabanov for the past five games in which Barabanov has had three PPPs.

Karlsson leads the team with six PPPs while Meier leads with three PPGs.

Seattle Kraken – 8th overall (26.1) (12 for 46)

The Kraken are rolling on many levels including the power play. They are 16th in the league in PP opportunities per game at 3.54.

Seattle has a first and second unit with the man advantage but they have split their time pretty much 50/50 so far this season.

In their last game against Pittsburgh on Saturday, the top unit was Matty Beniers, Jaden Schwartz, Andre Burakovsky, Jordan Eberle and Vince Dunn. The second unit was Oliver Bjorkstrand, Alex Wennberg, Daniel Sprong, Justin Schultz with Shane Wright and Ryan Donato both splitting time. Jared McCann is day to day, so will more than likely slot in for Donato or Wright when he is back in the lineup.

Schwartz leads the team with four PPGs while Burakovsky leads with six PPPs.

St. Louis Blues – 9th overall (25.0) (6 for 24)

The Blues are dead last in the league in PP opportunities per game at 2.67. For a team with the skill and speed it has, it is shocking and contributing greatly to their struggles this season so far.

In their last game, which was a 5-2 loss to the Islanders on Thursday night, the top unit for the Blues was Robert Thomas, Vladimir Tarasenko, Ivan Barbashev, Torey Krug and Pavel Buchnevich. The second unit consisted of Justin Faulk, Jordan Kyrou, Jake Neighbours, Ryan O'Reilly and Brayden Schenn.

Brandon Saad is day to day and should slot in for Neighbours on the second unit when he is back in the lineup.

No player on the Blues roster has more than one PPG this season and Schenn leads the team with four PPPs but is now on the second unit. It's not like the power play has been bad, but the team just hasn’t been pushing the play enough in the first nine games to draw enough penalties.

Vancouver Canucks – 3rd overall (30.2) (13 for 43)

The Canucks are 12th overall in PP opportunities per game with 3.58.

The power play has been one of the only bright spots for this team so far this year, although they have given up three short-handed goals at fairly crucial times.

The first unit is J.T. Miller, Bo Horvat, Elias Pettersson, Andrei Kuzmenko and Quinn Hughes. The second unit is Ilya Mikheyev, Conor Garland, Tanner Pearson, Sheldon Dries and Oliver Ekman-Larsson.

Brock Boeser will be back from injury in the next game or two and Sheldon Dries will more than likely lose his role on the second unit.

Kuzmenko and Boeser split time on the first unit in the first six games, but Kuzmenko has four PPGs on the season and three in the past five games, so he isn't going anywhere soon. This doesn't bode well for Boeser getting back on track in a hurry and getting on pace for a 30-goal year.

Horvat leads the team with five PPGs and he and Miller have seven PPPs.

Vegas Golden Knights – 13th overall (23.8) (10 for 42)

Vegas is 23rd overall in the league in PP opportunities per game at 3.23.

The Golden Knights have been getting better production from their power play in recent games and with an overall record of 11-2, it can only help their overall game, which is not good news for their opponents.

The first unit for Vegas is Jack Eichel, Jonathan Marchessault, Chandler Stephenson, Mark Stone and Alex Pietrangelo (who appears to have taken over this role from Shea Theodore for now). The second unit consists of Reilly Smith, William Karlsson, Theodore, Nicolas Roy and Phil Kessel.

Marchessault and Reilly Smith lead the team with three PPGs and Eichel and Pietrangelo lead with five PPPs.

Vegas has dominated at even-strength in their first 13 games of the season.

Winnipeg Jets – 17th overall (20.5) (8 for 39)

Going 4 for 9 on the PP over their last two games, vaulted the Jets from 27th to 17th overall in the league, which shows you how volatile early rates can move a team up or down.

The Jets sit 15th overall in PP opportunities per game at 3.55 just ahead of the Kraken.

The first unit in their last game where they went 3 for 4 was Pierre-Luc Dubois, Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele, Sam Gagner and Josh Morrissey which scored two of the PPGs while the second unit was Nate Schmidt, Neal Pionk, Blake Wheeler, Cole Perfetti and Adam Lowry who scored one PPG.

Nikolaj Ehlers might be back in a week or two and would most likely replace Gagner on the top unit who appears to have replaced Wheeler for the moment.

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