NHL.com
Hurricanes rank: 10
Previous rank: Not ranked in top 16
"The Hurricanes have outscored the opposition 16-7 at 5-on-5 through four games with goals from nine players."
Worth noting with NHL.com's power ranking system: They compile top-16 lists from 13 staff writers in order to amalgamate a ranking consensus. Among these lists, the Hurricanes ranked as high as 2 (Brian Compton) and as low as 16 (Nick Cotsonika, Tom Gulitti, Bill Price, Shawn Roarke) and many places in between (5, 5, 9, 12, 12, 12, 13, 15).
Sportsnet
Hurricanes rank: 6
Previous rank: 23
"The Hurricanes' new choreographed celebration keeps getting more and more elaborate. By February, they're chartering a post-victory jet to Green Bay just so they can all do the Lambeau Leap."
TSN
Hurricanes rank: 8
Previous rank: 27
"With Cam Ward gone and Scott Darling injured, the Canes used backup goalies in their first three games (2-1 OT loss, 8-5 win for ex-Flyer rental Petr Mrazek, a 3-1 win for ex-Leaf Curtis McElhinney)."
CBS Sports
Hurricanes rank: 11
Previous rank: 24
"Only three other teams have scored more goals."
Yahoo! Sports
Hurricanes rank: 7
Previous rank: 21
"It's gonna happen baby!!! This team is averaging 40.3 shots a game through three contests, scoring a lot, and allowing relatively few. Granted a lot of that comes because they pumped the Rangers on Sunday, and seventh is too high for them, but you gotta get your points somewhere."
