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Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan made a power-play lineup change during their game against the Canucks, moving Pavel Dorofeyev to the second unit and replacing him with Gabe Perreault on the top line. This adjustment came after seven games where Dorofeyev had struggled, scoring just one goal and two assists despite being acquired in June for $77 million. Sullivan noted that Dorofeyev was “fighting it a little” and suggested the change might be temporary based on how players performed during the game.
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On Sunday night, the New York Rangers made their first power-play adjustment of the season during their 6-2 win over the Canucks. Pavel Dorofeyev, who joined the team in June via trade from the Vegas Golden Knights and signed a $77 million contract, was moved from the top unit to the second for the third period after struggling with just one goal and two assists through seven games this season. Coach Mike Sullivan noted that Dorofeyev "was fighting it a little" and decided to give Gabe Perreault a chance on the top power-play unit, which resulted in an assist for Alexis Lafrenière’s goal during their lone opportunity with the man advantage.
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The first tweak to the Rangers power-play unit this season — at least for one night — involved their splash from the summer.
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tweak → involve → summer
head coach Mike Sullivan bumped Pavel Dorofeyev to the first line in search of more 5-on-5 production from his top six
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Sullivan → bump → six
, he also dropped Dorofeyev — acquired from the Golden Knights in June and then inked to a $77 million contract — to the second power-play unit for the third period of their 6-2 win over the Canucks on Sunday.
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he → drop → Sunday
He has collected just one goal and a pair of assists through the opening seven games after recording 72 goals the past two seasons.
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He → collect → goals
Gabe Perreault took Dorofeyev’s spot with the top unit and assisted on Alexis Lafrenière’s goal during the Blueshirts’ lone chance with the man advantage during the final frame.
“I thought Pav was fighting it a little,” Sullivan said postgame Sunday, “and sometimes, players have those nights.
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players → take → nights
We thought we’d make a little tweak and see if we could get it going a little bit, and obviously, Gabe was a part of the goal, so we were happy about that.
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we → think → that
“But it was just situationally based on how we thought guys were going throughout the course of the night.
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guys → base → night
From the first power-play drill of training camp, when the Blueshirts began working on special teams during the condensed preseason, their top unit consisted of Dorofeyev, Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox, J.T. Miller and Lafrenière.
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unit → begin → Dorofeyev
Perreault, who spent time on the top power-play line last year and finished with six points with the man advantage in 2025-26, opened the year on the second unit.
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who → spend → unit
And Sullivan, after the top unit generated just one goal through the first five games, had said Thursday that they planned to be patient and let the group work through early growing pains.
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group → generate → pains
The next wrinkle with the power play, which entered play Monday still ranked No. 7 in the NHL with a 26.3 percent success rate, will involve whether that change was temporary or for longer than one night.
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change → enter → night
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Dorofeyev, who tallied 20 power-play goals last year, was signed to enhance that unit, to give the Rangers another one-timer alongside Zibanejad.
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who → check → Zibanejad
But so far, he has just six shots on goal across nearly 22 minutes of power-play ice time.
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he → have → time
Lafrenière was named the NHL’s third star of the week after collecting five goals and two assists across the Rangers’ three games.
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Lafrenière → name → games
He leads the Blueshirts in both categories, and his latest goal unfolded on the power play Sunday night — when he sent a pass from Perreault near the net past Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen.
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he → lead → Lankinen
He also added an assist in the first period, sending a pass to Tye Kartye that led to the Rangers taking a 1-0 lead just 27 seconds into the game.
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Rangers → add → game
Lafrenière became the second Blueshirts player to pick up a weekly award in the opening two weeks of the season, joining goaltender Igor Shesterkin — who sustained a season-ending right knee injury last week.
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who → become → injury
The Rangers have only trailed after three periods through their opening seven games. …
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Rangers → trail → games
Liam Greentree, who was the prospect returning to the Rangers in the Artemi Panarin trade last season, scored in consecutive games for AHL Hartford over the weekend to mark the first professional goals of the 20-year-old’s career.
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who → return → career
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