Now, this might not be a reflection on the Minnesota Wild; it could be a reflection on the Central Division on the whole. League leaders, the Nashville Predators have the worst power-play percentage in the entire league. However, the Winnipeg Jets have the best in the league, so maybe that theory doesn’t fly either.
What was clear to see against the Washington Capitals was that the Minnesota Wild wasn’t able to convert on their extra-man chances. Six times they had an extra-man and only once were they able to do anything with it.
Now, there’s nothing to say that the Wild simply were out-done by a Washington Capitals’ penalty-killing group that has remained roughly the same as the one that delivered them a Stanley Cup this summer.