Mika Zibanejad isn’t looking to turn the Rangers’ power play revival into some complicated mystery.
For him, the fix is pretty straightforward: get a little confidence back, and let the goals follow.
“Score a couple more goals probably,” Zibanejad told reporters after the morning skate Monday. “Just try to get our swag back.”
That’s the tone around a unit that has plenty of talent, but not nearly enough production yet. Through 10 games, the Rangers are tied for 17th in the NHL with a 20.0 percent power-play success rate. They’ve scored six power-play goals, never more than one in a game, and they’ve gone 1-for-10 over their last three outings.
The drought was especially noticeable Saturday, when New York came up empty on three straight power-play chances in the third period of a scoreless game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Rangers lost 1-0 in overtime.
Zibanejad didn’t offer a deep Xs-and-Os breakdown. He leaned instead into feel, rhythm and belief.
“I think we’ve had some chances, but obviously we can create a little bit more probably,” he said. “The whole game is about confidence.
So, if we see one or two go in, i think that gives you a little bit more swag out there. … I feel like when you’re going [good] out there, whatever decision you make is the right one, and opposite when it doesn’t.”
The Rangers are keeping their top power-play group together for Monday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks at Madison Square Garden. Zibanejad, Adam Fox, Pavel Dorofeyev, J.T. Miller and Alexis Lafreniere will get another chance to sort it out.
The unit practiced Monday with Dorofeyev in the bumper spot, Lafreniere on the right flank and Miller in front of the goalie, a look that first appeared Thursday against the New Jersey Devils. Dorofeyev scored off a deflection in that 7-1 loss in Newark, picking up his first power-play goal with the Rangers.
There’s reason to expect more from this group. Dorofeyev scored 20 power-play goals last season, second in the League.
Zibanejad had one power-play goal through the first 10 games this season, which was New York’s first goal of any kind in 2026-27, coming in the home opener against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Oct. 1.
Last season, he led the Rangers with 16 power-play goals.
For now, the message is simple: the talent is there, and the Rangers don’t seem interested in panicking over an early-season lull.
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