“That goal is a huge weight off his shoulders,” head coach Scott Arniel said. “He hasn’t scored in a long time on the power play."

When Kyle Connor scored against the Seattle Kraken a couple of nights ago, judging his reaction, the goal meant more than an ordinary, everyday goal for the sharpshooter with a magic stick.

Connor’s 10th of the season at 18:50 of the second period was his first power-play goal of the campaign and, more notably, his first man-advantage marker since a Dec. 23 or last season.

“That goal is a huge weight off his shoulders,” head coach Scott Arniel said. “He hasn’t scored in a long time on the power play. But at the end of the day, our power play has been awesome because there’s an awful lot of emphasis put on taking him away — and it’s opened up a lot of holes t

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