The Utah Hockey Club's red-hot power play has hit the skids and Andre Tourigny is looking for solutions to fix it.
Last night's game in Winnipeg came down to razor-thin margins, as it has for most of Utah Hockey Club's showdowns against top-tier competition.
In all of them, one stat has been glaringly apparent: a lack of firepower on the power play.
Even head coach Andre Tourigny is beside himself looking for answers to what was a potent attack that's hit a massive cold streak.
Since October 14, the team's power play has been mired in a 1-for-18 stretch, the lone conversion coming in the 5-1 victory over the Calgary Flames, which was the first home power play goal in Delta Center and franchise history.
"We're getting good looks, but we need more of them," Tourigny said. "That will come from better entries and winning board battles."
A board battle, by the way, according to Google, is a basic skill to either protect the puck or steal it safely, and it's something that Utah could not do against the bigger, more physical Jets Tuesday.
That lack of physicality also has played itself out, like in games against Los Angeles, Boston, and Vegas, where for the most part, Utah got away with it.
But with the biggest forward being Kevin Stenlund at 6-foot-5, there may come a time where Tourigny may think about employing him on the power play to change the dynamic.
Utah has the skill to score on the power play, but now it's about getting into the dirty areas and fighting for position.
And it's an area right now where they can't make any headway.