Super 16: Panthers new No. 1, Stars enter power rankings

The Florida Panthers are back in the No. 1 spot in NHL.com's weekly Super 16 power rankings.

The Panthers knocked the Carolina Hurricanes out of the top spot, a position they held for four straight weeks. Florida was No. 1 on Oct. 28.
The Hurricanes are No. 2 this week after being a unanimous No. 1 last week.
The big move comes from the Dallas Stars, who are in the Super 16 at No. 12 thanks to a five-game winning streak.
The Winnipeg Jets, No. 11 last week, are out.
In order to create the NHL.com power rankings, each of the 14 participating staff members puts together his or her version of what they think it should look like. Those are submitted and a point total is assigned to each.
The team selected first is given 16 points, second gets 15, third 14 and so on down to No. 16, which gets one point.
Here is the Super 16:

1. Florida Panthers (15-4-3)

Total points: 217Last week: No. 2
The Panthers set their record for most shots in the third period with 27 in a come-from-behind 5-4 win against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday. Florida scored four goals in the period, rallying from down 4-1. It has scored 29 goals in the third this season and is 12-1-0 on home ice.

2. Carolina Hurricanes (15-5-1)

Total points: 203Last week: No. 1
The Hurricanes are in their first slump of the season, going 1-3-1 in their past five games. They defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Nov. 25 but were outscored 12-5 in losses to the San Jose Sharks (2-1 in overtime), Seattle Kraken (2-1), Capitals (4-2) and Stars (4-1).

3. Washington Capitals (14-4-5)

Total points: 186Last week: No. 3
The loss to Florida on Tuesday was Washington's third in 12 games since Nov. 8 (9-2-1). Even with the five goals against and the Panthers 2-for-4 on the power play, the Capitals are giving up 2.33 goals per game and are 90.3 percent on the penalty kill in their past 12 games.

4. Edmonton Oilers (16-5-0)

Total points: 172Last week: No. 4
The Oilers are 7-0-0 against teams from the Pacific Division and 13-2-0 against the Western Conference this season.

5. Toronto Maple Leafs (17-6-1)

Total points: 170Last week: No. 7
The Maple Leafs should be getting some goalie depth with the pending return of Petr Mrazek, who could soon be going to Toronto of the American Hockey League for a conditioning stint. Mrazek has missed 15 games with a groin injury.

6. Tampa Bay Lightning (12-5-4)

Total points: 143Last week: No. 6
The Lightning lost two games in regulation in November (8-2-3), the fewest for the month in their history. Corey Perry has scored five points (three goals, two assists) in a five-game point streak.

7. Calgary Flames (13-4-5)

Total points: 142Last week: No. 5
The Flames are 13-2-3 in games when they score first. Their 18 first goals lead the NHL.

8. New York Rangers (14-4-3)

Total points: 138Last week: No. 8
Igor Shesterkin had 11 wins, the most by a Rangers goalie through the first 20 games of a season since Henrik Lundqvist won 11 in 2015-16. Ryan Strome had an eight-game point streak end Wednesday (two goals, eight assists).

9. Minnesota Wild (15-6-1)

Total points: 118Last week: No. 9
Kirill Kaprizov has scored eight points (two goals, six assists) in Minnesota's five-game point streak (4-0-1), including seven points (two goals, five assists) in its four-game winning streak. The Wild have outscored the opposition 16-5 in their past three games: against the Arizona Coyotes (5-2), Lightning (4-2) and Jets (7-1).

10. Colorado Avalanche (11-7-1)

Total points: 115Last week: No. 10
Center Nathan MacKinnon was back in the lineup for an 8-3 loss to the Maple Leafs on Wednesday after missing eight games with a lower-body injury. Colorado was 7-1-0 without MacKinnon, who scored 10 points (one goal, nine assists) in eight games before the injury.

11. St. Louis Blues (12-7-3)

Total points: 77Last week: No. 12
Pavel Buchnevich has a four-game point streak (four goals, three assists) and the forward leads the Blues with 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) in 14 games since Nov. 4. Buchnevich, acquired in a trade with the Rangers on July 23, scored two points (one goal, one assist) in his first six games for St. Louis.

12. Dallas Stars (11-7-2)

Total points: 56Last week: NR
The Stars are the hottest team in the NHL having defeated their past five opponents by a combined 18-6, including seven goals from Roope Hintz. They have won six straight games at home since Nov. 13.

13. Vegas Golden Knights (12-10-0)

Total points: 44Last week: No. 14
The Golden Knights have lost back-to-back games for the first time since since four in a row from Oct. 14-24, but their power-play was 2-for-4 in their 6-5 loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday after it had not scored in 18 of the previous 21 games.

14. Columbus Blue Jackets (12-8-0)

Total points: 29Last week: No. 16
The Blue Jackets have lost two games in a row, allowing six goals in each (6-3 to the Blues and 6-0 to the Nashville Predators). They previously won three in a row and gave up a total of six goals.

15. Boston Bruins (11-8-0)

Total points: 25Last week: No. 15
Coach Bruce Cassidy is in NHL COVID-19 protocol, and forward Brad Marchand has two games to serve in his three-game suspension for slew-footing Vancouver Canucks defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson.

16. Anaheim Ducks (13-8-3)

Total points: 24Last week: No. 13
The Ducks were 9-4-0 in November, finishing the month tied with the Oilers (9-4-0) for second in wins in the Western Conference behind the Wild (10-3-1) Anaheim hadn't won at least nine games in a month since winning 10 in March 2017. It had an NHL-best penalty kill (93.3 percent) in November.
Others receiving points:Pittsburgh Penguins 21, Winnipeg Jets 11, San Jose Sharks 6, Nashville Predators 6, Detroit Red Wings 1
Dropped out:Jets (No. 11)

HERE'S HOW WE RANKED 'EM

AMALIE BENJAMIN
1. Florida Panthers; 2. Carolina Hurricanes; 3. Washington Capitals; 4. Toronto Maple Leafs; 5. Edmonton Oilers; 6. Calgary Flames; 7. Tampa Bay Lightning; 8. New York Rangers; 9. Minnesota Wild; 10. Colorado Avalanche; 11. St. Louis Blues; 12. Anaheim Ducks; 13. Vegas Golden Knights; 14. Columbus Blue Jackets; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. Boston Bruins
TIM CAMPBELL
1. Carolina Hurricanes; 2. Florida Panthers; 3. Edmonton Oilers; 4. Tampa Bay Lightning; 5. Colorado Avalanche; 6. Washington Capitals; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. Calgary Flames; 9. New York Rangers; 10. Toronto Maple Leafs; 11. St. Louis Blues; 12. Dallas Stars; 13. Pittsburgh Penguins; 14. Winnipeg Jets; 15. Boston Bruins; 16. Vegas Golden Knights
BRIAN COMPTON
1. Edmonton Oilers; 2. Florida Panthers; 3. Washington Capitals; 4. Toronto Maple Leafs; 5. Carolina Hurricanes; 6. Calgary Flames; 7. New York Rangers; 8. Minnesota Wild; 9. Tampa Bay Lightning; 10. Colorado Avalanche; 11. Dallas Stars; 12. Columbus Blue Jackets; 13. St. Louis Blues; 14. San Jose Sharks; 15. Boston Bruins; 16. Vegas Golden Knights
NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA
1. Florida Panthers; 2. Edmonton Oilers; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. New York Rangers; 5. Toronto Maple Leafs; 6. Washington Capitals; 7. Calgary Flames; 8. Minnesota Wild; 9. Tampa Bay Lightning; 10. Colorado Avalanche; 11. St. Louis Blues; 12. Dallas Stars; 13. Columbus Blue Jackets; 14. Anaheim Ducks; 15. Boston Bruins; 16. Vegas Golden Knights
TOM GULITTI
1. Florida Panthers; 2. Edmonton Oilers; 3. Toronto Maple Leafs; 4. Washington Capitals; 5. Carolina Hurricanes; 6. Calgary Flames; 7. New York Rangers; 8. Tampa Bay Lightning; 9. Minnesota Wild; 10. Colorado Avalanche; 11. St. Louis Blues; 12. Dallas Stars; 13. Boston Bruins; 14. Columbus Blue Jackets; 15. Vegas Golden Knights; 16. Nashville Predators
ADAM KIMELMAN
1. Carolina Hurricanes; 2. Florida Panthers; 3. Washington Capitals; 4. Edmonton Oilers; 5. Tampa Bay Lightning; 6. Colorado Avalanche; 7. Calgary Flames; 8. Toronto Maple Leafs; 9. New York Rangers; 10. Minnesota Wild; 11. Vegas Golden Knights; 12. St. Louis Blues; 13. Boston Bruins; 14. Columbus Blue Jackets; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. Winnipeg Jets
ROBERT LAFLAMME
1. Florida Panthers; 2. Carolina Hurricanes; 3. Washington Capitals; 4. Toronto Maple Leafs; 5. Edmonton Oilers; 6. New York Rangers; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. Calgary Flames; 9. Tampa Bay Lightning; 10. Colorado Avalanche; 11. St. Louis Blues; 12. Columbus Blue Jackets; 13. Vegas Golden Knights; 14. Pittsburgh Penguins; 15. Boston Bruins; 16. Dallas Stars
MIKE G. MORREALE
1. Carolina Hurricanes; 2. Florida Panthers; 3. Washington Capitals; 4. Toronto Maple Leafs; 5. Tampa Bay Lightning; 6. Calgary Flames; 7. Edmonton Oilers; 8. New York Rangers; 9. Minnesota Wild; 10. St. Louis Blues; 11. Dallas Stars; 12. Vegas Golden Knights; 13. Colorado Avalanche; 14. Anaheim Ducks; 15. Nashville Predators; 16. Winnipeg Jets
TRACEY MYERS
1. Washington Capitals; 2. Carolina Hurricanes; 3. Toronto Maple Leafs; 4. Florida Panthers; 5. Calgary Flames; 6. New York Rangers; 7. Edmonton Oilers; 8. Minnesota Wild; 9. Tampa Bay Lightning; 10. Colorado Avalanche; 11. Winnipeg Jets; 12. St. Louis Blues; 13. Vegas Golden Knights; 14. Anaheim Ducks; 15. Columbus Blue Jackets; 16. Pittsburgh Penguins
SHAWN P. ROARKE
1. Florida Panthers; 2. Carolina Hurricanes; 3. Washington Capitals; 4. Colorado Avalanche; 5. Tampa Bay Lightning; 6. Calgary Flames; 7. Toronto Maple Leafs; 8. Edmonton Oilers; 9. St. Louis Blues; 10. Minnesota Wild; 11. New York Rangers; 12. Dallas Stars; 13. Pittsburgh Penguins; 14. Vegas Golden Knights; 15. Nashville Predators; 16. San Jose Sharks
DAN ROSEN
1. Florida Panthers; 2. Carolina Hurricanes; 3. Toronto Maple Leafs; 4. Tampa Bay Lightning; 5. Washington Capitals; 6. Colorado Avalanche; 7. Calgary Flames; 8. Edmonton Oilers; 9. New York Rangers; 10. Minnesota Wild; 11. Dallas Stars; 12. St. Louis Blues; 13. Vegas Golden Knights; 14. Anaheim Ducks; 15. Boston Bruins; 16. Pittsburgh Penguins
DAVID SATRIANO
1. Florida Panthers; 2. Toronto Maple Leafs; 3. Washington Capitals; 4. Carolina Hurricanes; 5. Edmonton Oilers; 6. New York Rangers; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. Calgary Flames; 9. Tampa Bay Lightning; 10. Colorado Avalanche; 11. Dallas Stars; 12. Vegas Golden Knights; 13. Anaheim Ducks; 14. Pittsburgh Penguins; 15. San Jose Sharks; 16. Detroit Red Wings
PAUL STRIZHEVSKY
1. Florida Panthers; 2. Edmonton Oilers; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. New York Rangers; 5. Washington Capitals; 6. Toronto Maple Leafs; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. Calgary Flames; 9. Tampa Bay Lightning; 10. Colorado Avalanche; 11. St. Louis Blues; 12. Dallas Stars; 13. Columbus Blue Jackets; 14. Anaheim Ducks; 15. Boston Bruins; 16. Vegas Golden Knights
MIKE ZEISBERGER
1. Florida Panthers; 2. Carolina Hurricanes; 3. Tampa Bay Lightning; 4. Washington Capitals; 5. Toronto Maple Leafs; 6. New York Rangers; 7. Edmonton Oilers; 8. Calgary Flames; 9. Colorado Avalanche; 10. St. Louis Blues; 11. Minnesota Wild; 12. Pittsburgh Penguins; 13. Boston Bruins; 14. Vegas Golden Knights; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. Nashville Predators