“Just more almost learning the game again,” he said. He has been skating for several weeks and said conditioning is not an issue.

Kane underwent hip resurfacing surgery in the offseason. If it takes a couple of weeks, that’s what it is. “It might take some games to get up to speed and just playing at this level. I think the biggest thing is going to be getting up to game speed again,” Kane said. Kane said Thursday at home against San Jose is more realistic, though not penciled in yet. Just one man-up goal in eight tries could’ve made the difference between a regulation win against the cross-state rivals and an overtime defeat in both cases. The team’s two consecutive OT losses to the Flyers have been particularly galling through the lens of the power play. We’re trying our best to get going, and things aren’t going. Everybody who’s on that unit, (has) been on that unit, thinking about that unit, coaching that unit, is really upset with how things are going. “If I had a really good answer for you, I would give you a really good answer. “I’ve been asked that question a lot recently,” Rust said of the power play. That’s despite the fact that the team’s power play units can include the likes of Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin, Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang and Bryan Rust. That stretch has featured 29 consecutive empty opportunities. From Tim Benz of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,Ĭoach Mike Sullivan’s power play was 0 for 3 (with one total shot on goal) in that regard Monday, extending the club’s drought to 11 straight games without a power play tally.

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