Power outage

The Wild finished the regular season with the best penalty kill in the NHL, but its power play was among the lowest-ranked in the league. That could spell trouble in the playoffs. In the past two postseasons, the Wild scored a total of five power-play goals on 55 chances, and its exits — in the second round in 2014 and the first round in 2013 — were hastened by the failure of its power play.

2014-15 regular season

Goals- Pct. NHL chances rank

Overall 39-246 15.8 27

Home 27-138 19.6 15

Road 12-108 11.1 28

2014 playoffs

Goals-chances Pct.

Overall 5-38 13.2

vs. Colorado 3-21 14.3

vs. Chicago 2-17 11.8

2013 playoffs

Goals-chances Pct.

vs. Chicago 0-17 0.0

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