DETROIT — With their power play producing no goals in the last five games and one goal in 17 opportunities in the last seven, the topic of net-front play on the Rangers’ extra-man unit — and in general — has come up a couple of times during the last few days.

“I just think we’ve got to fight harder for the net front,’’ coach Mike Sullivan said after Thursday’s practice before the Rangers left for Friday night’s game against the Red Wings. “It’s not that we’re not there, we are . . . But I think we could be there more. And I think when we get there, we can have different intentions.’’

As he often does, Sullivan gave a detailed breakdown on all the things teams need to get out of their net-front play — screening the goalie, creating traffic that sometimes stops a shot comin

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