BROSSARD – In Thursday’s playoff notebook, the Canadiens talk power play efficiency, home ice advantage and physical hockey.
Lacking that finishing touch: To say that the Canadiens’ power play has been struggling as of late would be an understatement. The man advantage simply hasn’t clicked, managing to light the lamp just once in 16 tries through the first four games of the series. That’s a 6.2 percent success rate, which has the Canadiens ranked 15th in the League out of 16 teams in that department. The last time the Habs’ power play units found the back of the net was in Game 2 when Max Pacioretty scored his first goal of the postseason in his triumphant return to the lineup.