Ilya Protas Scores Fast While Aliaksei’s Power-Play Drought Lingers

Aliaksei Protas has gone five seasons without a power-play goal, which is the kind of odd little stat that lives rent-free in a locker room until somebody’s brother makes it awkward. Now Ilya Protas has jumped into the story with a power-play goal just two games into his NHL career, and that makes for a family comparison nobody could have scripted better.