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
Overall39-24615.827
Home27-13819.615
Road12-10811.128
2014 playoffs
Goals-chancesPct.
Overall5-3813.2
vs. Colorado3-2114.3
vs. Chicago2-1711.8
2013 playoffs
Goals-chancesPct.
vs. Chicago0-170.0
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