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12. Detroit Red Wings (8-5-3)
Total points: 46
Last week: No. 14
“The Red Wings are thankful that so many players have roots in Michigan. Andrew Copp, Alex DeBrincat, Dylan Larkin and Jeff Petry were born in the Detroit area. Copp, Larkin and J.T. Compher played together at the University of Michigan. Petry, the son of retired Detroit Tigers pitcher Dan Petry, played at Michigan State. That helped Copp, Compher and DeBrincat sign in free agency, helped Larkin sign to forego free agency and made Petry want to be traded to Detroit. It gives them an extra sense of pride to play for the Red Wings.” — Nicholas J. Cotsonika, columnist
13. Winnipeg Jets (8-5-2)
Total points: 39
Last week: No. 16
” Kyle Connor. The Jets, winners of four of five games (4-1-0), better be thankful for their star forward with one of the best releases and shots in the NHL. Connor is on a heater with 11 points (seven goals) in his past four games. His 13 goals are tied with Matthews and Canucks forward Brock Boeser for first in the NHL, and Matthews is an American star forward who plays in Toronto and gets way more attention. But Connor might be the most unassuming star in the NHL. He is sixth in goals (220) since 2017-18, scored 31 last season and 47 two seasons ago and has at least 31 in every season since 2017-18 except for the 56-game COVID-19-shortened 2020-21 season, when he had 26, a 38-goal pace if it was an 82-game season. Goalies must hate Connor, because he’s fast, elusive and he gets the puck off his stick in a flash. The Jets better love him. They better be thankful for him.” — Rosen
14. New Jersey Devils (8-6-1)
Total points: 38
Last week: No. 8
“The Devils should be thankful they were able to acquire and maintain depth on offense during the offseason because it hasn’t come easy minus injured forwards Jack Hughes and Nico Hischier of late. Hughes, the No. 1 pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, has missed five games with an upper-body injury and Hischier, the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, has missed the past eight, also because of an upper-body injury. New Jersey acquired forward Tyler Toffoli (nine goals) in a trade with the Calgary Flames on June 27 and retained forwards Timo Meier (five goals), Jesper Bratt (eight) and Erik Haula (five) via free agency. Not to be forgotten is the hiring of Travis Green as associate coach June 22. Green was tasked with improving the power play, which leads the NHL at 37.9 percent (22-for-58).” — Mike G. Morreale, staff writer
15. Anaheim Ducks (9-7-0)
Total points: 36
Last week: No. 13
“The Ducks are thankful that games are 60 minutes and not 40, because if games were 40 minutes, they would be nowhere near this Super 16. They have, however, made NHL history, becoming the first team to have six third-period comeback wins through 15 games. They were down 2-0 in the second period against the Predators on Tuesday but scored late in the second and two in the third to win 3-2. They won five straight road games, four via a third-period comeback, before an 8-2 loss at Colorado on Wednesday. The Ducks have a minus-10 goal differential through two periods (20-30); they’re plus-8 from the third period on (29-21), have outscored opponents 26-21 in the third and 3-0 in overtime, and have not had a game go to a shootout.” — Rosen
16. St. Louis Blues (8-6-1)
Total points: 35
Last week: Unranked
“Enterprise Center. Home-ice advantage. The Blues have used it well this season, going 6-2-0 including wins in five of their past six home games since a 4-2 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Oct. 21. They have outscored opponents 26-19. They’ve been this good on home ice although their special teams have been horrendous, 0-for-18 on the power play and 11-for-19 on the penalty kill (57.9 percent). But so what? Wins matter and the Blues have done well at home. The issue is they’re in a stretch of playing six of seven on the road, including the next three. They’re 2-4-1 on the road, so if they want to stay in the Super 16 and stay hot in general (they’ve won five of seven), they better figure out how to win consistently away from Enterprise Center. They won 8-2 in Denver against the Avalanche on Saturday, but lost 5-1 at the San Jose Sharks on Thursday.” — Rosen
Others receiving points: Tampa Bay Lightning 27, Pittsburgh Penguins 24, Buffalo Sabres 2
Dropped out from last week: Lightning (No. 10), New York Islanders (No. 14)
HERE’S HOW WE RANKED ‘EM
AMALIE BENJAMIN
1. Boston Bruins; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. New York Rangers; 4. Colorado Avalanche; 5. Dallas Stars; 6. Vancouver Canucks; 7. Los Angeles Kings; 8. Florida Panthers; 9. Detroit Red Wings; 10. Carolina Hurricanes; 11. Toronto Maple Leafs; 12. New Jersey Devils; 13. Anaheim Ducks; 14. Winnipeg Jets; 15. Washington Capitals; 16. St. Louis Blues
BRIAN COMPTON
1. Boston Bruins; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. New York Rangers; 4. Vancouver Canucks; 5. Dallas Stars; 6. Florida Panthers; 7. Los Angeles Kings; 8. Colorado Avalanche; 9. Washington Capitals; 10. St. Louis Blues; 11. Anaheim Ducks; 12. Pittsburgh Penguins; 13. Winnipeg Jets; 14. Toronto Maple Leafs; 15. Detroit Red Wings; 16. Carolina Hurricanes
NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA
1. Boston Bruins; 2. New York Rangers; 3. Vegas Golden Knights; 4. Dallas Stars; 5. Vancouver Canucks; 6. Florida Panthers; 7. Los Angeles Kings; 8. Colorado Avalanche; 9. Washington Capitals; 10. St. Louis Blues; 11. Carolina Hurricanes; 12. Toronto Maple Leafs; 13. Winnipeg Jets; 14. Detroit Red Wings; 15. Anaheim Ducks; 16. Pittsburgh Penguins
TOM GULITTI
1. Boston Bruins; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. New York Rangers; 4. Vancouver Canucks; 5. Dallas Stars; 6. Florida Panthers; 7. Los Angeles Kings; 8. Colorado Avalanche; 9. Carolina Hurricanes; 10. Washington Capitals; 11. Toronto Maple Leafs; 12. New Jersey Devils; 13. St. Louis Blues; 14. Anaheim Ducks; 15. Winnipeg Jets; 16. Detroit Red Wings
ADAM KIMELMAN
1. Vegas Golden Knights; 2. Dallas Stars; 3. Boston Bruins; 4. New York Rangers; 5. Vancouver Canucks; 6. Tampa Bay Lightning; 7. Toronto Maple Leafs; 8. Colorado Avalanche; 9. Florida Panthers; 10. Carolina Hurricanes; 11. Los Angeles Kings; 12. Winnipeg Jets; 13. New Jersey Devils; 14. Washington Capitals; 15. Anaheim Ducks; 16. St. Louis Blues
MIKE G. MORREALE
1. Boston Bruins; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Los Angeles Kings; 4. Florida Panthers; 5. New York Rangers; 6. Vancouver Canucks; 7. Dallas Stars; 8. Colorado Avalanche; 9. Toronto Maple Leafs; 10. Washington Capitals; 11. Carolina Hurricanes; 12. Winnipeg Jets; 13. New Jersey Devils; 14. Detroit Red Wings; 15. St. Louis Blues; 16. Pittsburgh Penguins
TRACEY MYERS
1. Vegas Golden Knights; 2. Boston Bruins; 3. New York Rangers; 4. Vancouver Canucks; 5. Dallas Stars; 6. Los Angeles Kings; 7. Colorado Avalanche; 8. Florida Panthers; 9. Toronto Maple Leafs; 10. Carolina Hurricanes; 11. New Jersey Devils; 12. Detroit Red Wings; 13. Tampa Bay Lightning; 14. Washington Capitals; 15. Winnipeg Jets; 16. Anaheim Ducks
SHAWN P. ROARKE
1. Vegas Golden Knights; 2. Boston Bruins; 3. Dallas Stars; 4. Vancouver Canucks; 5. Colorado Avalanche; 6. New York Rangers; 7. Carolina Hurricanes; 8. Los Angeles Kings; 9. Toronto Maple Leafs; 10. New Jersey Devils; 11. Tampa Bay Lightning; 12. Florida Panthers; 13. Detroit Red Wings; 14. Anaheim Ducks; 15. Buffalo Sabres; 16. Winnipeg Jets
DAN ROSEN
1. Boston Bruins; 2. New York Rangers; 3. Dallas Stars; 4. Vegas Golden Knights; 5. Florida Panthers; 6. Vancouver Canucks; 7. Los Angeles Kings; 8. Colorado Avalanche; 9. Toronto Maple Leafs; 10. Carolina Hurricanes; 11. Pittsburgh Penguins; 12. Washington Capitals; 13. St. Louis Blues; 14. Anaheim Ducks; 15. Winnipeg Jets; 16. Detroit Red Wings
DAVID SATRIANO
1. Vegas Golden Knights; 2. New York Rangers; 3. Boston Bruins; 4. Vancouver Canucks; 5. Dallas Stars; 6. Florida Panthers; 7. Los Angeles Kings; 8. Colorado Avalanche; 9. Carolina Hurricanes; 10. Pittsburgh Penguins; 11. Toronto Maple Leafs; 12. New Jersey Devils; 13. Anaheim Ducks; 14. Tampa Bay Lightning; 15. Washington Capitals; 16. Detroit Red Wings
PAUL STRIZHEVSKY
1. Boston Bruins; 2. New York Rangers; 3. Vegas Golden Knights; 4. Vancouver Canucks; 5. Dallas Stars; 6. Florida Panthers; 7. Los Angeles Kings; 8. Colorado Avalanche; 9. St. Louis Blues; 10. Toronto Maple Leafs; 11. Carolina Hurricanes; 12. Washington Capitals; 13. Detroit Red Wings; 14. Pittsburgh Penguins; 15. Anaheim Ducks; 16. Winnipeg Jets
DEREK VAN DIEST
1. Vegas Golden Knights; 2. Boston Bruins; 3. Vancouver Canucks; 4. New York Rangers; 5. Los Angeles Kings; 6. Dallas Stars; 7. Florida Panthers; 8. Colorado Avalanche; 9. Carolina Hurricanes; 10. Detroit Red Wings; 11. Toronto Maple Leafs; 12. Winnipeg Jets; 13. Washington Capitals; 14. Tampa Bay Lightning; 15. Anaheim Ducks; 16. St. Louis Blues
MIKE ZEISBERGER
1. Boston Bruins; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. New York Rangers; 4. Dallas Stars; 5. Vancouver Canucks; 6. Los Angeles Kings; 7. Florida Panthers; 8. Colorado Avalanche; 9. Toronto Maple Leafs; 10. Detroit Red Wings; 11. Washington Capitals; 12. Winnipeg Jets; 13. Anaheim Ducks; 14. Carolina Hurricanes; 15. New Jersey Devils; 16. Pittsburgh Penguins
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