{"id":6847,"date":"2017-02-21T23:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T04:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=6847"},"modified":"2017-02-22T21:06:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T02:06:15","slug":"brayden-schenn-power-play-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/02\/21\/brayden-schenn-power-play-specialist\/","title":{"rendered":"Brayden Schenn Turning Into Power Play Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Take a look at the top power play scorers in the league and you\u2019ll find some familiar names. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/ovechal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Ovechkin<\/a><\/strong> sits second with 12 goals on the man advantage. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/simmowa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wayne Simmonds<\/a><\/strong> is enjoying some success on the power play as he also finds himself with 12 goals. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/crosbsi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sidney Crosby<\/a><\/strong> is eighth with 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Add on another power play goal for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bschenn_10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Bschenn_10<\/a>, who stays on top of the League. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PHIvsVAN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#PHIvsVAN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WQYZWjoSGs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/WQYZWjoSGs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NHL (@NHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHL\/status\/833542552796143616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The player with the most power play goals may be a bit of a surprise to some. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/schenbr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brayden Schenn<\/a><\/strong> leads the league with 14 goals on the man advantage. His 23 points on the power play also find him in the top three, behind <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kesseph01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phil Kessel<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/seguity01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Seguin<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><strong>Brayden Schenn Becoming\u00a0Power Play Specialist\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\">Schenn has only tallied a total of four goals at even strength this season, but his success on the power play has told the story. His 23 power play points have him tied\u00a0with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/giroucl01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Claude Giroux<\/strong><\/a> for first among teammates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Schenn is third on the Flyers\u00a0in that category\u00a0since being\u00a0traded to the team for the 2011-12 season. In 401 games, his 42 goals on the power play sits him behind Giroux (44) and Simmonds (71). His 88 points have him fourth on the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Flyers power play currently sits at 21.3% which sets them as the ninth best in the league. The Flyers also find themselves second in the league this season with 43 goals on the man advantage.\u00a0A third of those goals belong to Schenn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The role that Schenn plays isn\u2019t the easiest. Players in the slot often deal with\u00a0attention from opponents via shoving or frequent swats from a stick. The area also calls for having quick movements when the time comes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt\u2019s not easy to play that middle guy because you don\u2019t get as many touches,\u201d <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.com\/nhl\/2017\/02\/02\/brayden-schenn-flyers-power-play-goals\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Voracek<\/a><\/strong> said. \u201cYou don\u2019t create a play, you just have to be in the right spot and you get rewarded if you make the right move.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This role is something that took time for Schenn to perfect. He had never played in the slot on<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>the power play before his time in Philadelphia. In fact, he only had nine games in the league prior to coming to the Flyers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The success hasn&#8217;t started this season either. It has been building during the last few seasons. He is fifth in the league in power play scoring since the 2014-15 season. His 32 goals only puts him behind <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bennja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamie Benn<\/a><\/strong> (37),\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/paveljo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Pavelski<\/a><\/strong> (37), Simmonds (39), and Ovechkin (56). That&#8217;s some exceptional company to find yourself in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of top-end talent around the league and a lot of studs that play on the powerplay, so to be in that category as far as powerplay goes, I\u2019m happy,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.com\/nhl\/2017\/02\/02\/brayden-schenn-flyers-power-play-goals\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Schenn said<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">And the Flyers will continue to be happy\u00a0if Schenn\u00a0is able to keep up his\u00a0success as a power play specialist.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/637531618\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/637531618?et=GgSgZk6ERb98CyNkcfRlTA&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=8NZHm3BFfFdRv1JCDops9wFM_Hj8JPZT8af1R2ddujk=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The player with the most power play goals may be a bit of a surprise to some. Brayden Schenn leads the league with 14 goals on the man advantage. His 23 points on the power play also find him in the top three, behind Phil Kessel and Tyler Seguin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":6879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,2],"tags":[505,37,38,126],"class_list":["post-6847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flyers","category-featured","tag-brayden-schenn","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-philadelphia-flyers"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}