Brassy: Derick Brassard celebrates his power play goal with teammates at the bench.
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During their run of 10 wins in 11, the Rangers have had especially improved play on the power play. In Saturday’s 6-1 win over the Sabres, they were successful three consecutive times in a 2:32 span with Derick Brassard, Chris Kreider and Rick Nash converting. That made it five consecutive games with a power play goal. During that span, they’re 8-for-17 clicking at a ridiculous 47.1 percent.

IT’S A POWER PLAY GOAL (Rangers Last 5 Games)

12/23 vs Caps  2-for-6 St. Louis, Nash

12/27 vs Devils 1-for-3 Stepan

12/29 at Stars 1-for-2 Miller

12/31 at Panthers 1-for-2 McDonagh

1/3 vs Sabres 3-for-4 Brassard, Kreider, Nash

Totals  8-for-17 with 7 different scorers Nash 2 St. Louis Stepan Miller McDonagh Brassard Kreider

Over the last 11 games, the Rangers are 10-for-30. The turnaround can be attributed to the team finally getting healthy. That’s allowed assistant coach Scott Arniel to use key personnel on both units. That includes captain Ryan McDonagh, whose offense has finally come after missing time with a shoulder separation. Including his power play goal in a win at Florida, McDonagh has four power play points over the last 10 with three coming the past three.

Dan Boyle is finally putting up points. Brought in to run the power play, Boyle is making a difference on the point. He is great at reading the play. He’s also a righty shot which the team has lacked forever since the vintage days of Sergei Zubov. A threat to shoot, he keeps penalty killers honest. He’s also an adept passer. With a goal and assist last night, he has five points (1-4-5) over the last five with three coming on the man-advantage.

There’s also Derek Stepan, who is a point-per-game player. With eight of his 25 points on the power play including seven power play assists, he’s an important trigger man. With Derick Brassard and Martin St. Louis doing plenty of damage and Nash and Chris Kreider finishing, it’s no wonder they’ve turned it around. No Blueshirt has more than four PPG with Brassard, St. Louis, Kreider and Nash sharing the team lead.

Even without Mats Zuccarello scoring one, they’ve moved into the top 10 clicking at 20.4 percent (23-for-113). That has made them a much more dangerous team. The Rangers have scored 111 goals in 36 games averaging 3.08-per-game. That ranks in the top five. With improved special teams including the penalty kill now ranked 10th (82.6 percent) and good overall play at even strength, things are looking up.