The Sharks’ power play stunk this season. We can all agree on that, right? Go pull up whatever metric you want. San Jose scored on 16.67 percent of its power play opportunities (league average was 19.10 percent), generated the 14th most shots on goal and 15th most scoring chances per 60 minutes at 5v4.
Those last two metrics suggest mere mediocrity and not quite the putridity (new word!) we witnessed for much of the season. San Jose shot 9.79 percent at 5v4 last season, 29th in the NHL, so perhaps we can attribute a bit of poor fortune came into play.