Toronto currently sits dead last in power play opportunities this year after 23 games played with 67.
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Detroit has 104 power plays in 25 games played.
31 of the 32 teams in the NHL have had a 5 on 3 power play thus far. Florida can almost make the same claim as they've only spent 4 seconds up 2 men.
Unsurprisingly, Toronto is the only one without one.
Last season, Toronto ended up 18th in power play opportunities and dead last in 2 man advantages with a single instance of that.
The last regular season game in which Toronto had any 5 on 3 time, was game 71 last season where they played all of 22 seconds.
The instance before that?
April 21st 2022 where they had a grand total of 6 seconds of 2 man advantage.
Since Matthews, Marner, and Nylander became NHL players, Toronto finds itself 27th in total power plays.
Despite having the 3rd best power play conversion rate in the NHL (Toronto 24%, Tampa 24.7%, Edmonton 25.1%) over these last 8 seasons, Toronto has scored the 7th most power play goals. Not surprisingly, Tampa has recorded almost 80 more power play goals over these past 8 seasons than Toronto has.
If we were to tally the teams over the course of each of the last 8 years, and rank them by their position in terms of total power plays for, it would look like this:
Toronto has been the 3rd best team in the NHL over the last 8 years, but have sat in the very bottom of the table in terms of power plays consistently.
Naturally, teams that do well will be expected to draw more penalties as they tend to drive the play more than the teams who sit back and allow the opposition to impose themselves.
This is evident in teams like Colorado, Tampa Bay, Florida, Pittsburgh.
The inverse is seen in teams that have been really poor over these past 8 years: Anaheim, SJ, Montreal, Columbus, Seattle, Buffalo.
The biggest outlier in this statistic is Toronto.
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Detroit has 104 power plays in 25 games played.
31 of the 32 teams in the NHL have had a 5 on 3 power play thus far. Florida can almost make the same claim as they've only spent 4 seconds up 2 men.
Unsurprisingly, Toronto is the only one without one.
Last season, Toronto ended up 18th in power play opportunities and dead last in 2 man advantages with a single instance of that.
The last regular season game in which Toronto had any 5 on 3 time, was game 71 last season where they played all of 22 seconds.
The instance before that?
April 21st 2022 where they had a grand total of 6 seconds of 2 man advantage.
Since Matthews, Marner, and Nylander became NHL players, Toronto finds itself 27th in total power plays.
Despite having the 3rd best power play conversion rate in the NHL (Toronto 24%, Tampa 24.7%, Edmonton 25.1%) over these last 8 seasons, Toronto has scored the 7th most power play goals. Not surprisingly, Tampa has recorded almost 80 more power play goals over these past 8 seasons than Toronto has.
If we were to tally the teams over the course of each of the last 8 years, and rank them by their position in terms of total power plays for, it would look like this:
| 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | Total | Pts % | Pts Rank | |
| Colorado | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1906 | .595 | 10 |
| Tampa Bay | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1836 | .655 | 2 |
| Florida | 3 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 1803 | .595 | 11 |
| Nashville | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1779 | .597 | 9 |
| Winnipeg | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 1750 | .586 | 13 |
| Ottawa | 9 | 17 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1747 | .467 | 29 |
| Calgary | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 1738 | .576 | 17 |
| Boston | 17 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 1735 | .683 | 1 |
| Vancouver | 28 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1731 | .498 | 23 |
| Pittsburgh | 5 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 1720 | .619 | 6 |
| Philadelphia | 1 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 14 | 1711 | .518 | 2 |
| Chicago | 23 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 22 | 1688 | .481 | 27 |
| Minnesota | 29 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 1681 | .609 | 8 |
| New Jersey | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 24 | 1672 | .495 | 24 |
| Detroit | 10 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1667 | .444 | 32 |
| Washington | 13 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 31 | 1664 | .628 | 5 |
| LA Kings | 18 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 1660 | .542 | 19 |
| Carolina | 26 | 26 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 1658 | .615 | 7 |
| Arizona | 20 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 1653 | .454 | 31 |
| New York Rangers | 25 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 26 | 1643 | .580 | 14 |
| Edmonton | 15 | 31 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 1641 | .579 | 15 |
| Dallas | 7 | 20 | 29 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 1641 | .576 | 16 |
| Buffalo | 24 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 23 | 1635 | .455 | 30 |
| St. Louis | 21 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 25 | 1628 | .593 | 12 |
| Montreal | 27 | 19 | 18 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 1622 | .487 | 26 |
| San Jose | 14 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 19 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 1600 | .504 | 22 |
| Toronto | 16 | 29 | 31 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 32 | 1573 | .639 | 3 |
| New York Islanders | 22 | 13 | 23 | 31 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 1522 | .567 | 18 |
| Anaheim | 11 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 1516 | .488 | 25 |
| Columbus | 30 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 26 | 28 | 15 | 1490 | .526 | 20 |
| Vegas | 15 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 3 | 1364 | .637 | 4 | |
| Seattle | 25 | 21 | 13 | 546 | .479 | 28 |
Toronto has been the 3rd best team in the NHL over the last 8 years, but have sat in the very bottom of the table in terms of power plays consistently.
Naturally, teams that do well will be expected to draw more penalties as they tend to drive the play more than the teams who sit back and allow the opposition to impose themselves.
This is evident in teams like Colorado, Tampa Bay, Florida, Pittsburgh.
The inverse is seen in teams that have been really poor over these past 8 years: Anaheim, SJ, Montreal, Columbus, Seattle, Buffalo.
The biggest outlier in this statistic is Toronto.
