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power play have found another gear during the past week.The Avalanche scored three goals with the man advantage for the second time in four games and dominated the Los Angeles Kings 7-3 on Wednesday night.“One of those things that when the power play works Colorado Avalanche Hats Womens , when it’s clicking like that, it feels good and obviously can win you games, which it did tonight,” said Gabriel Landeskog, who was one of nine players who got an assist.Colorado has gone 8 of 11 on the power play during the four-game span. That has propelled them to the top of the league with a 32.9 percent conversion rate, and the 23 goals are tied with Tampa Bay.“The execution has been there,” Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. “Our guys are hungry to score on the power play. We have a lot of talent on both units. They are being crisp with their passes and in tune.”Los Angeles allowed three power-play goals for the second time in five games and has killed only 11 of 19 penalties over that span.“It’s pretty much always the same story. We lost the special teams battle, and when you lose that, you don’t win many games,” Kings coach Willie Desjardins said.MacKinnon scored one of the power-play goals and has scored on special teams in back-to-back games as the Avalanche have won three of four. Vladislav Kamenev and Colin Wilson also scored on the power play, and Patrik Nemeth Custom Colorado Avalanche Jerseys , Tyson Barrie, Nikita Zadorov and Matt Calvert scored at even strength.Alexander Kerfoot had three assists, and Mikko Rantanen remained the league’s scoring leader with two assists to increase his total to 34 points. Tyler Jost and Carl Soderbeg both had two assists while MacKinnon and Kamenev had multipoint games.“It brings a lot of confidence when you score that many goals. We just dominated pretty much the whole game,” said Colorado goaltender Semyon Varlamov, who made 33 saves.Kyle Clifford scored for Los Angeles while Matt Luff and Austin Wagner each had a goal and an assist. Cal Petersen allowed six goals on 31 shots before leaving early in the third and Peter Budaj allowed one goal on three shots.“I don’t know what to say what happened,” Kings captain Anze Kopitar said. “I mean there’s no emotion, no energy, you know nothing and it’s unacceptable.”Kamenev and Clifford exchanged first-period goals, and the Avalanche retook the lead 50 seconds after Clifford’s equalizer. Landeskog fed MacKinnon with a pinpoint pass from behind the net seconds into a power play, the first of six straight goals for Colorado.Nemeth extended the lead with a 57-foot wrist shot, Wilson netted his power-play goal www.bluejacketsshoponline.com , and Barrie and Zadorov chased Peterson with goals less than two minutes apart in the third. Calvert redirected Barrie’s pass past Budaj before Luff scored on a one-timer and Wagner got his first NHL goal.NOTES: Barrie has six-game point streak. … Los Angeles C Adrian Kempe suffered a lower-body injury during the first period and did not return. … D Dion Phaneuf, who played in his 1,000th NHL game on Monday night in St. Louis, was honored before the game. … Rantanen has been fined $2,000 by the NHL for diving/embellishment. It is the second time Rantanen has been cited for embellishment this season, which is what triggered the fine. The embellishment penalty happened during the second period of a Nov. 14 game against Boston. … Los Angeles acquired forward Pavel Jenys from Minnesota in exchange for defenseman Stephan Falkovsky. Both players are currently in the ECHL … The Kings honored Ventura County Sheriff’s Sergeant Ron Helus during the game. Helus was one of 12 who lost his life on Nov. 7 during a mass shooting at a Thousand Oaks country music bar.UP NEXTAvalanche: Travel to Arizona on Friday to complete a three-game road trip.Kings: Host Vancouver on Friday. Two Metropolitan Division rivals looking for answers face each other in a Saturday matinee in Philadelphia.The New York Islanders, 0-4-1 in their last five games, have to find a way to score some goals — and will go against a Flyers team that has to find a way to stop them.The Islanders (3-4-1 overall and in the middle of playing six of seven games on the road) have scored eight goals during the five-game stretch and blew a 2-0 lead before losing 3-2 in overtime to the Florida Panthers in Brooklyn Wednesday night.Article continues below ...“We did it to ourselves a little bit,” New York coach Barry Trotz said after Mike Hoffman’s winner for Florida 33 seconds into overtime. “We took some penalties, had some turnovers… We just weren’t on our toes enough unfortunately in the third. You don’t want to sit back when you have the lead.”The Flyers, 3-0 losers in Boston Thursday night Columbus Blue Jackets T-Shirts Womens , have been outscored 7-1 in losing two straight. They have dropped three of their last four to fall to 4-6-0 and were 29th in the NHL in goals against through Thursday night action. They were tied for last place in the league with an .865 save percentage.Along those lines, there will be a change in goal for Philadelphia Saturday as Michael Neuvirth returns from injury to play his first game of the season.“We don’t need a goaltender to go in and necessarily be the spark,” coach Dave Hakstol said Friday. “That’s not what we’re asking. We need everyone to go out and do their job, but somebody’s got to be the spark. I’ll guarantee you that. Somebody’s got to be the spark to push us in the right direction.“I don’t know if that will be a goaltender, a defenseman, one of our forwards. I don’t know if it’s gonna be a great defensive play or a highlight-reel goal or a big save. But yeah, we need a spark from an area in our lineup to just push us in the right direction. That’s what builds some of the confidence and some of the swagger that we’re talking about.”Neuvirth, who has battled lower body injuries, comes in 7-2-1 with a 1.76 goals against average and .923 save percentage lifetime against the Isles. He made 31 saves in a conditioning game in the AHL Wednesday.“I feel like my game is where it needs to be right now,” Neuvirth said. “Obviously I haven’t played much. Who knows what’s going to happen? But I’m feeling good now and I’m ready to go.”The Flyers have some ugly numbers across the board — 20th in goals per game, 23rd on the power play and 30th in penalty killing.The Islanders Columbus Blue Jackets Hoodies Womens , who have split two games in Philly each of the last four years, were 22nd in goals per game, 15th in goals against and power play and 20th on the penalty kill.They gave up two power play goals on five chances in their latest loss.“Coming home from a trip, having a two-goal lead and not getting two points is frustrating,” Brock Nelson said. “You’ve got to find a way to get a kill.”Robin Lehner, 2-1- with a 2.67 goals against average and .926 save percentage, starts Saturday for the Isles, who have a back-to-back this weekend and will start Thomas Greiss Sunday at Carolina. Lehner is 2-5-0 with a 3.18 goals against average and .897 save percentage lifetime against the Flyers.