Super 16: Golden Knights move up three spots to No. 3

The Vegas Golden Knights, New Jersey Devils and Boston Bruins are climbing, but the Tampa Bay Lightning continue to pace the NHL in the standings and in NHL.com's Super 16 power rankings.
The Lightning are No. 1 for the 11th consecutive week. They are a unanimous No. 1 this week after falling three points short of being the unanimous No. 1 last week.

The Golden Knights moved up three spots to No. 3. The Devils also moved up three spots to No. 4 and the Bruins moved up three spots to No. 10. In addition, the San Jose Sharks bumped up three spots to No. 13.
The St. Louis Blues and Winnipeg Jets each dropped three spots.
To create the power rankings, each of the participating staff members puts together his or her version of what they think the Super 16 should look like. Those are submitted and a point total is assigned to each.
The team picked first is given 16 points, second gets 15, third gets 14 and so on down to No. 16, which gets one point.

1. Tampa Bay Lightning (26-7-2)

Total points: 208
Last week: No. 1
Hit: Forward Nikita Kucherov is on a seven-game point streak (five goals, six assists) and had a streak of four straight multipoint games end Saturday, when he had one goal in a 3-0 win against the Minnesota Wild. He leads the League in goals (27) and points (51). He scored his 50th point in his 34th game, second fastest to 50 points in Lightning history behind Vincent Lecavalier, who reached 50 in 33 games in the 2007-08 season.
Miss: After playing their next two games at home, the Lightning begin a stretch in which they'll play 16 of their next 19 games on the road, including trips of five games (Dec. 31-Jan. 7) and eight games (Jan. 20-Feb. 5). The eight-game trip is broken up by 2018 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend, which the Lightning are hosting at Amalie Arena on Jan. 27 and 28.

2. Nashville Predators (21-9-5)

Total points: 184
Last week: No. 2
Hit: Defenseman P.K. Subban has a point in six straight games (three goals, four assists).
Miss: Goalie Pekka Rinne allowed nine goals on 41 shots in his two starts before the holiday break, including four goals on six shots in 6:29 in a 4-1 loss against the Carolina Hurricanes last Thursday.

3. Vegas Golden Knights (23-9-2)

Total points: 168
Last week: No. 6
Hit:Forward William Karlsson has 16 goals in 34 games. He scored 15 goals in 162 games in the previous two seasons.
Miss: Can't find anything here right now, not for a team that has won four in a row and has points in nine straight games (8-0-1).

4. Los Angeles Kings (22-11-4)

Total points: 160
Last week: No. 4
Hit: Goalie Jonathan Quick has allowed four goals on 100 shots (.960 save percentage) in his past three starts.
Miss: The Kings are 4-for-41 on the power play in 18 games since Nov. 18. They're 26th in the League in power play opportunities per game (2.97).

5. New Jersey Devils (21-9-5)

Total points: 147
Last week: No. 8
Hit:Will Butcher is second among all rookies and fifth among all defensemen with 21 assists. He had two assists in the Devils' 4-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.
Miss: Rookie center Nico Hischier has no goals in 11 games in December.

6. St. Louis Blues (23-13-2)

Total points: 146
Last week: No. 3
Hit: Forward Alexander Steen ended a 17-game goalless drought by scoring his fourth of the season in a 3-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. It was the Blues' second win in seven games since Dec. 12.
Miss:The Blues are 3-for-27 on the power play in their past nine games (11.1 percent).

7. Washington Capitals (22-13-2)

Total points: 130
Last week: No. 7
Hit: The Capitals lead the League with 14 wins and 29 points in games when they are leading after the first period (14-0-1). Only the Toronto Maple Leafs have had the lead after the first period in as many games as Washington (15). Toronto is 12-3-0 in such games.
Miss: The power play woes, referenced in this spot last week, haven't gone away. The Capitals went 0-for-2 in a 3-2 overtime loss at the Arizona Coyotes on Friday and 0-for-4 in a 3-0 loss at Vegas on Saturday. They are 1-for-20 in eight games since Dec. 8.

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8. Winnipeg Jets (20-11-6)

Total points: 126
Last week: No. 5
Hit: The Jets have the most wins (20) and points (46) coming out of the holiday break since they relocated to Winnipeg from Atlanta in 2011. Their previous bests were 18 wins and 43 points in 2014-15.
Miss: They had a chance for more wins and points, but they're 1-6 in games decided after regulation, including 0-5 in overtime.

9. Toronto Maple Leafs (22-14-1)

Total points: 97
Last week: No. 9
Hit: After missing six games with a concussion, center Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 win against the New York Rangers on Saturday. He has 28 points (14 goals, 14 assists) in 27 games.
Miss: Center Nazem Kadri has no points in 10 games this month.

10. Boston Bruins (19-10-5)

Total points: 80
Last week: No. 13
Hit: Forward Brad Marchand has 17 points (seven goals, 10 assists) in 12 games since Nov. 29. He had a goal and two assists in the Bruins 3-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.
Miss: Nothing glaring here. The Bruins have won four in a row and are 13-3-1 since Nov. 16.

11. Columbus Blue Jackets (22-13-2)

Total points: 77
Last week: No. 11
Hit: Defenseman Seth Jones has points in four straight games (three goals, two assists). He has scored four of his seven goals in the past six games. In addition, Columbus has scored on the power play in four straight games and five of its past six.
Miss: Forwards Cam Atkinson (foot) and Alex Wennberg (back) are expected to be out for the next 4-6 weeks.

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12. New York Rangers (19-13-4)

Total points: 68
Last week: No. 10
Hit: Forward Mats Zuccarello has 19 points (five goals, 14 assists) in 19 games since Nov. 6. He hasn't gone two straight games without a point since Nov. 2-4.
Miss: The Rangers are 28th in shots against per game (33.72). They've allowed 39 shots on goal per game in their past five games, including 48 in a 4-3 shootout loss against the Devils on Thursday.

13. San Jose Sharks (19-11-4)

Total points: 66
Last week: No. 16
Hit: The Sharks are 13-for-38 with the man-advantage (34.2 percent) and have scored at least one power-play goal per game in their past eight games.
Miss: Center Logan Couture has missed the past three games with a concussion.

14. New York Islanders (19-13-4)

Total points: 51
Last week: No. 14
Hit: The Islanders are 8-for-20 on the power play (40.0 percent) in the past six games. In addition, forward Josh Bailey has 15 points (five goals, 10 assists) during an eight-game point streak. He is tied with Philadelphia Flyers forward Jakub Voracek for the League lead with 36 assists.
Miss:Defenseman Calvin de Haan is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury.

15. Dallas Stars (20-14-3)

Total points: 40
Last week: NR
Hit: Forward Tyler Seguin has goals in back-to-back games (three in total) after going eight straight without a goal from Dec. 5-19. In addition, the Stars have won their past three games that have extended into a shootout.
Miss: The Stars have been outscored 39-25 in the third period.

16. Anaheim Ducks (16-13-8)

Total points: 10
Last week: NR
Hit: Center Ryan Getzlaf has nine points (one goal, eight assists) during a six-game point streak and forward Ondrej Kase has scored in three straight games.
Miss: The Ducks lead the League with 217 man-games lost to injury.
Dropped out: Chicago Blackhawks (No. 12), Minnesota Wild (No. 15)
Others receiving points: Blackhawks, 6; Wild, 3; Carolina Hurricanes, 1

HERE'S HOW WE RANKED 'EM

AMALIE BENJAMIN
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Los Angeles Kings; 3. Vegas Golden Knights; 4. Nashville Predators; 5. St. Louis Blues; 6. New Jersey Devils; 7. Washington Capitals; 8. Toronto Maple Leafs; 9. Winnipeg Jets; 10. Columbus Blue Jackets; 11. New York Rangers; 12. Boston Bruins; 13. New York Islanders; 14. Minnesota Wild; 15. San Jose Sharks; 16. Chicago Blackhawks
TIM CAMPBELL
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Nashville Predators; 3. St. Louis Blues; 4. Los Angeles Kings; 5. New Jersey Devils; 6. Winnipeg Jets; 7. Washington Capitals; 8. San Jose Sharks; 9. Dallas Stars; 10. Columbus Blue Jackets; 11. New York Rangers; 12. Boston Bruins; 13. Toronto Maple Leafs; 14. New York Islanders; 15. Vegas Golden Knights; 16. Chicago Blackhawks
BRIAN COMPTON
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Los Angeles Kings; 4. St. Louis Blues; 5. New Jersey Devils; 6. Nashville Predators; 7. Washington Capitals; 8. Columbus Blue Jackets; 9. Winnipeg Jets; 10. Boston Bruins; 11. Toronto Maple Leafs; 12. Dallas Stars; 13. San Jose Sharks; 14. New York Rangers; 15. New York Islanders; 16. Anaheim Ducks
NICK COTSONIKA
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Nashville Predators; 4. Los Angeles Kings; 5. St. Louis Blues; 6. New Jersey Devils; 7. Boston Bruins; 8. Winnipeg Jets; 9. Washington Capitals; 10. Toronto Maple Leafs; 11. New York Rangers; 12. San Jose Sharks; 13. New York Islanders; 14. Columbus Blue Jackets; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. Carolina Hurricanes
LISA DILLMAN
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Nashville Predators; 4. Washington Capitals; 5. New Jersey Devils; 6. Los Angeles Kings; 7. Boston Bruins; 8. New York Rangers; 9. Toronto Maple Leafs; 10. New York Islanders; 11. Winnipeg Jets; 12. San Jose Sharks; 13. Anaheim Ducks; 14. St. Louis Blues; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. Columbus Blue Jackets
TOM GULITTI
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Nashville Predators; 3. Vegas Golden Knights; 4. St. Louis Blues; 5. Los Angeles Kings; 6. New Jersey Devils; 7. Washington Capitals; 8. Winnipeg Jets; 9. Toronto Maple Leafs; 10. Columbus Blue Jackets; 11. Boston Bruins; 12. San Jose Sharks; 13. New York Rangers; 14. New York Islanders; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. Chicago Blackhawks
ADAM KIMELMAN
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Nashville Predators; 3. St. Louis Blues; 4. Washington Capitals; 5. Winnipeg Jets; 6. New Jersey Devils; 7. Vegas Golden Knights; 8. Columbus Blue Jackets; 9. Los Angeles Kings; 10. Toronto Maple Leafs; 11. New York Rangers; 12. San Jose Sharks; 13. Boston Bruins; 14. Dallas Stars; 15. New York Islanders; 16. Anaheim Ducks
MIKE G. MORREALE
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. St. Louis Blues; 4. Nashville Predators; 5. Columbus Blue Jackets; 6. Los Angeles Kings; 7. Winnipeg Jets; 8. Toronto Maple Leafs; 9. Washington Capitals; 10. New Jersey Devils; 11. New York Rangers; 12. New York Islanders; 13. San Jose Sharks; 14. Boston Bruins; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. Chicago Blackhawks
TRACEY MYERS
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Nashville Predators; 3. Vegas Golden Knights; 4. Los Angeles Kings; 5. Washington Capitals; 6. New Jersey Devils; 7. Winnipeg Jets; 8. St. Louis Blues; 9. Toronto Maple Leafs; 10. New York Islanders; 11. New York Rangers; 12. Boston Bruins; 13. Dallas Stars; 14. Columbus Blue Jackets; 15. San Jose Sharks; 16. Chicago Blackhawks
BILL PRICE
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Nashville Predators; 3. Vegas Golden Knights; 4. New Jersey Devils; 5. Los Angeles Kings; 6. St. Louis Blues; 7. Toronto Maple Leafs; 8. Winnipeg Jets; 9. Washington Capitals; 10. New York Islanders; 11. New York Rangers; 12. San Jose Sharks; 13. Columbus Blue Jackets; 14. Boston Bruins; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. Chicago Blackhawks
SHAWN ROARKE
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Nashville Predators; 3. Los Angeles Kings; 4. Winnipeg Jets; 5. St. Louis Blues; 6. Vegas Golden Knights; 7. New Jersey Devils; 8. San Jose Sharks; 9. Washington Capitals; 10. Toronto Maple Leafs; 11. Boston Bruins; 12. Columbus Blue Jackets; 13. Dallas Stars; 14. New York Rangers; 15. New York Islanders; 16. Anaheim Ducks
DAN ROSEN
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Nashville Predators; 4. New Jersey Devils; 5. Los Angeles Kings; 6. Washington Capitals; 7. Winnipeg Jets; 8. St. Louis Blues; 9. Boston Bruins; 10. Toronto Maple Leafs; 11. San Jose Sharks; 12. New York Rangers; 13. Columbus Blue Jackets; 14. Dallas Stars; 15. Anaheim Ducks; 16. New York Islanders
MIKE ZEISBERGER
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Nashville Predators; 3. Vegas Golden Knights; 4. New Jersey Devils; 5. Los Angeles Kings; 6. Winnipeg Jets; 7. St. Louis Blues; 8. Washington Capitals; 9. Boston Bruins; 10. Toronto Maple Leafs; 11. Columbus Blue Jackets; 12. San Jose Sharks; 13. New York Islanders; 14. Dallas Stars; 15. New York Rangers; 16. Anaheim Ducks