Equipment Needed

A bulk bag of practice pucks keeps power-play setup reps flowing through a full unit walk-through.

Shop Practice Pucks on Amazon As an Amazon Associate, FreeCoachingDrills.com earns from qualifying purchases.

Setup

Five power-play skaters set up in their designated spots (point, half-boards, bumper, and two down low).
Simulated penalty-killers (or cones) mark typical defensive positioning.

The point player controls the puck, looking to move it to the half-boards or across to the other point.
The bumper (middle) player finds soft areas in the penalty kill's coverage to receive and redirect.
The two low players work below the goal line, cycling the puck and looking for seam passes back up.
Move the puck with a purpose — every pass should either improve the shooting angle or manipulate the penalty kill's shape.

Coaching Points

Puck movement is what makes a power play dangerous; a stationary formation is easy for a penalty kill to defend.
The bumper's job is to find soft ice between penalty killers, constantly adjusting position rather than standing still.
One-timers from the point or half-boards are often the highest-percentage shot this formation creates — rep the timing specifically.
Patience matters; forcing a low-percentage shot early in the possession often wastes a full power-play opportunity.

Add a live penalty-killing unit to make the reads fully live, or run a specific scripted play (e.g., a set faceoff-win shot) within the formation.