Analyzing the Lehigh Valley Phantoms’ power play

Heather Barry / SB Nation If you’ve been paying attention this season, you’ve probably seen us (among others) complaining into the void about the Phantoms’ struggling power play. To date, the Phantoms have a 12.7 percent conversion rate and 21 (17 at 5-on-4) power play goals in total, good for 29th and 30th in the league, respectively.

It’s been pretty ugly, and we got a pretty perfect(?) example of exactly what that looked like this past week.

Let me set the scene for you: last Wednesday in Providence. The Phantoms get a power play in overtime. Four-on-three. There’s some sort of tangle up by the blue line and a Bruin is down on the ice for a bit, not able to get to the bench or back into…