It was a long time coming but Port Adelaide finally notched its first win of the season with a 24-point triumph over West Coast, and just try wiping the smile off Power coach Mark Williams' face.

"Obviously we are delighted to finally get a win on the board," a relieved Williams said after his charges broke their four-game losing streak.

"It's been an emotional four weeks. We'll try to freshen up this week with a lot of anxiety off everyone's back, including myself, and look forward to playing St Kilda."

It has been a tough start to the season for the Power. After a tight opening round loss to Geelong, Port Adelaide was blown off the park by Sydney before losing a close affair to cross-town rivals Adelaide.

The Power appeared set to break through for their first win of the season in round four when they led Brisbane by 47 points, before a final-quarter implosion saw the Lions snare the spoils.

"We thought we were the best 0-4 team ever and we took that on board and we're moving forward," Williams said.

"We've had a pretty tough draw, I think four of the five teams we've played were in the finals last year."

"We are not going to talk ourselves down as much as other people do. We are measured in our analysis and certainly understanding we've got a young side. A lot of them are playing their second year."

Williams said he was unconcerned with the Power's final-quarter fade-outs this season.

Port Adelaide led West Coast by 68 points 11 minutes into the final term before seven unanswered goals from the Eagles cut the final margin back to four goals.

"When we got to the last quarter we played brilliant football for 10 minutes but the pride of West Coast to not give in was brilliant," Williams said of the fadeout.

"I thought they did a great job. Obviously we had two players out injured that we couldn't rotate with, our guys were pretty tired in the end."

"Today's footy is pretty difficult to shut down. A lot of teams are finding opposition teams are getting big runs in particular quarters."

Williams said he may have a chat to umpires director Jeff Gieschen after the Power were once again on the wrong side of the free-kick ledger (12 for, 18 against).

"I think we are the worst in the AFL so we might have to get Jeff over and have a chat to him again," he said.

"We might have one chat per year and we haven't had that chat yet. But I had a look at the stats and I think we've had the most differential for free kicks for and against. I assume that happened again today."

Williams paid special tribute to Kane Cornes, Brett Ebert, Travis Boak, Dean Brogan and Domenic Cassisi after the win over the Eagles.