Rangers running out of answers to spark dreadful power-play unit

Join Post Sports+ for exciting member-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers.Peter Laviolette chuckled as a grin started to spread across his face.

His answer, in a way, was fitting given everything that has gone wrong for the Rangers recently.They’d just dedicated the final half of practice Sunday to fixing their woeful power play — 2-for-43 over the past 16 games — and taking the latest stab at finding a solution, but when Laviolette fielded a question about whether the Blueshirts can take any positives from what transpired inside their training complex, he started to smile. “There was a lot of good chances out there to score goals,” Laviolette said.

“No goals.” That’s exactly what happened Saturday during the lifeless debacle of a loss to the Devils, where the Rangers power play couldn’t capitalize on two opportunities and allowed a shorthanded tally.That happened during their two games prior to that against the Wild and Sharks, too — and in 10 of 11 games overall dating back to March 13.

While Laviolette added that he thought the Rangers moved the puck around well Sunday, the Blueshirts are still left with a similar reality heading into their game Monday and the final five of the regular season after that: The top unit has stalled, and the second unit — containing some youth that could help provide a jolt — is still trying to carve out more ice time despite Laviolette calling them the most “noticeable” group following Friday’s practice. Days like Sunday have become routine for the Blueshirts during a frustrating season, where they’re left trying to concoct answers — sometimes for allowing too many goals, other times for not producing enough and now for failing to generate anything to revive what has previously been a defining strength — for what went wrong.Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad, J.T.

Miller and Vincent Trocheck received all the reps w...