Columbus is 3-0-2 in its past five games and 6-2-2 in its past 10. Buffalo has won three in a row and four of its past five games. The Sabres are 7-2-2 since Oct. 20.
The top five teams are the same for the third straight week. The Minnesota Wild and New York Islanders each are up three spots from last week. The Colorado Avalanche are down six spots, and the Pittsburgh Penguins, who were No. 10 last week, dropped out of the rankings.
To create the power rankings, each of the 13 participating staff members put together his or her version of what 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.
Here is latest Super 16, with some news and notes to follow for each team: