Super 16: McDavid, Draisaitl lead power rankings of playoff performers

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl have led the way for the Edmonton Oilers throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

It's no surprise the top two scorers in the postseason rank first and second, respectively, in the latest Super 16 limited to players on the four teams remaining in the playoffs.
McDavid was the unanimous No. 1, ranked first by all 13 participating staff members. Draisaitl had enough points to finish second ahead of Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy.
There were 27 players ranked; seven each from the Lightning, Colorado Avalanche and New York Rangers and six from the Oilers.
Each team remaining had four players ranked, with two per team to fill out the top eight.
To create the NHL.com power rankings, each of the 13 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 assigned to each.
The player selected first is given 16 points, second gets 15, third 14, fourth 13 and so on down to No. 16, who gets one point.
Here is the Super 16 for players playing in the conference final:

1. Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers

Total points: 208
The Oilers center leads the playoffs with 29 points (eight goals, 21 assists), including three points (one goal, two assists) in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final against the Avalanche, an 8-6 loss. He didn't have a point in a 4-0 loss in Game 2, but has a point in 12 of Edmonton's 15 games, at least two points in 11. The captain's lone point in Game 5 against the Calgary Flames was an overtime goal that won the best-of-7 second round.

2. Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers

Total points: 177
Draisaitl is second with 28 points (seven goals, 21 assists). He had his streak of five straight games with at least three points end in Game 1 against Colorado, when he had two assists. He had 17 points (two goals, 15 assists) in five games against the Flames after closing the Western Conference First Round against the Los Angeles Kings with five points (two goals, three assists) in the last three games.

3. Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning

Total points: 168
The goalie allowed three goals in four games in the second round against the Florida Panthers, stopping 151 of 154 shots for a 0.75 goals-against average and .981 save percentage. That included a 49-save shutout in Game 4, his NHL-record sixth shutout in a series-clinching game. Vasilevskiy is 8-4 with a 2.53 GAA and .923 save percentage in the playoffs.

4. Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche

Total points: 157
The Avalanche center has 16 points (10 goals, six assists) in 12 games, including a goal in each of their first two games of the conference final. His 10 goals are second in the playoffs behind Oilers forward Evander Kane (13). He had seven points (three goals, four assists) in six games against the St. Louis Blues in the second round, including a hat trick and an assist in Game 5, a 5-4 loss. He leads the NHL in shots on goal (70) and is averaging 21:07 of ice time per game.

5. Igor Shesterkin, New York Rangers

Total points: 148
The Rangers goalie is 8-3 with a 2.08 GAA and .940 save percentage in 11 games since getting pulled in Game 4 of the first round against the Pittsburgh Penguins. He is 5-0 with a .930 save percentage in elimination games.

6. Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche

Total points: 133
The 23-year-old defenseman has 17 points (four goals, 13 assists), including a goal and two assists in Game 1 against the Oilers, his fourth multipoint game this postseason and sixth of his NHL playoff career. The other defensemen who had at least six multipoint games in the playoffs before their 24th birthday are Paul Coffey (10) and Ray Bourque (six).

7. Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning

Total points: 126
The forward led the Lightning in the second round with seven points (two goals, five assists) in four games and leads them in the playoffs with 15 points (four goals, 11 assists) in 12 games. He had four points (one goal, three assists) in a 5-1 win in Game 3 of the second round against the Panthers.

8. Mika Zibanejad, New York Rangers

Total points: 109
Zibanejad leads the Rangers and is third in the playoffs with 21 points (eight goals, 13 assists) in 15 games. He extended his point streak to six games (five goals, five assists) after getting a goal and an assist in a 6-2 win against the Lightning in Game 1 of the conference final. Zibanejad has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in New York's five potential elimination games.

9. Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning

Total points: 106
Hedman has 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in 12 games and is averaging 24:55 of ice time per game, sixth among players still in the playoffs. Hedman's steady, consistent play was a big reason why the Lightning allowed three goals in the second round.

10. Adam Fox, New York Rangers

Total points: 97
Fox leads all defensemen with 20 points (five goals, 15 assists) in 15 games and is tied with Makar in ice time per game (26:41) among remaining players. Fox has 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in the Rangers' five potential elimination games, including three (one goal, two assists) in their two Game 7s.

11. Evander Kane, Edmonton Oilers

Total points: 88
Kane leads the postseason with 13 goals in 13 games, including one in Game 1 against Colorado, and has four assists. Eleven goals have come at even strength. Two have been game-winners. He scored three goals, including the winner, in Game 3 against Calgary and two more in Game 4. The forward has two hat tricks.

12. Zach Hyman, Edmonton Oilers

Total points: 44
The forward has nine goals, tying him for third most among players remaining in the playoffs. He scored in six straight games before the Oilers lost 4-0 in Game 2 against the Avalanche on Thursday.

13. Chris Kreider, New York Rangers

Total points: 38
Kreider has a team-high nine goals in 15 games, five of which have come in New York's five potential elimination games. The Rangers are 6-1 in games when Kreider has scored this postseason.

14. Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche

Total points: 37
The Avalanche captain has 14 points (seven goals, seven assists) in 12 postseason games, including a goal and an assist in Game 1 against the Oilers. Landeskog has three goals and five points on the power play. He had six points (three goals, three assists) in Colorado's four-game sweep of the Nashville Predators in the first round and three goals and five points in six games against the Blues.

15. Nazem Kadri, Colorado Avalanche

Total points: 21
The forward has 14 points (six goals, eight assists) in 12 games, including three assists in Game 2 against Edmonton. He had a hat trick plus an assist in a 6-3 win against St. Louis in Game 4 of the second round. Kadri also had a goal and an assist in a 7-3 victory against Nashville in Game 3.

16. Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning

Total points: 20
Stamkos has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in 12 games, including a goal and an assist in a 6-2 loss in Game 1 of the conference final. All five of his goals have been scored at even strength while four of his assists have come on the power play.
Others receiving points: Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers, 19; Devon Toews, Colorado Avalanche, 17; Mike Smith, Edmonton Oilers, 11; Darcy Kuemper, Colorado Avalanche, 8; Mikko Rantanen, Colorado Avalanche, 8; Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers, 7; Jacob Trouba, New York Rangers, 4; Andrew Copp, New York Rangers, 4; Ross Colton, Tampa Bay Lightning, 4; Ryan McDonagh, Tampa Bay Lightning, 3; Corey Perry, Tampa Bay Lightning, 1

HERE'S HOW WE RANKED 'EM

AMALIE BENJAMIN
1. Connor McDavid; 2. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 3. Igor Shesterkin; 4. Leon Draisaitl; 5. Cale Makar; 6. Mika Zibanejad; 7. Victor Hedman; 8. Nikita Kucherov; 9. Nathan MacKinnon; 10. Adam Fox; 11. Evander Kane; 12. Devon Toews; 13. Zach Hyman; 14. Gabriel Landeskog; 15. Mike Smith; 16. Steven Stamkos
TIM CAMPBELL
1. Connor McDavid; 2. Nathan MacKinnon; 3. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 4. Cale Makar; 5. Zach Hyman; 6. Nazem Kadri; 7. Igor Shesterkin; 8. Nikita Kucherov; 9. Evander Kane; 10. Mika Zibanejad; 11. Gabriel Landeskog; 12. Victor Hedman; 13. Devon Toews; 14. Leon Draisaitl; 15. Chris Kreider; 16. Steven Stamkos
BRIAN COMPTON
1. Connor McDavid; 2. Leon Draisaitl; 3. Victor Hedman; 4. Nathan McKinnon; 5. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 6. Nikita Kucherov; 7. Cale Makar; 8. Igor Shesterkin; 9. Evander Kane; 10. Mika Zibanejad; 11. Gabriel Landeskog; 12. Adam Fox; 13. Darcy Kuemper; 14. Chris Kreider; 15. Artemi Panarin; 16. Mike Smith
NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA
1. Connor McDavid; 2. Leon Draisaitl; 3. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 4. Nikita Kucherov; 5. Mika Zibanejad; 6. Nathan MacKinnon; 7. Adam Fox; 8. Cale Makar; 9. Igor Shesterkin; 10. Zach Hyman; 11. Gabriel Landeskog; 12. Victor Hedman; 13. Nazem Kadri; 14. Chris Krieder; 15. Mike Smith; 16. Corey Perry
TOM GULITTI
1. Connor McDavid; 2. Cale Makar; 3. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 4. Leon Draisaitl; 5. Nikita Kucherov; 6, Nathan MacKinnon; 7. Victor Hedman; 8. Mika Zibanejad; 9. Igor Shesterkin; 10. Evander Kane; 11. Adam Fox; 12. Mikko Rantanen; 13. Chris Kreider; 14. Gabriel Landeskog; 15. Ryan McDonagh; 16. Mike Smith
ADAM KIMELMAN
1. Connor McDavid; 2. Nathan MacKinnon; 3. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 4. Leon Draisaitl; 5. Victor Hedman; 6. Igor Shesterkin; 7. Mika Zibanejad; 8. Evander Kane; 9. Nikita Kucherov; 10. Cale Makar; 11. Chris Kreider; 12. Adam Fox; 13. Darcy Kuemper; 14. Zach Hyman; 15. Ross Colton; 16. Artemi Panarin
MIKE G. MORREALE
1. Connor McDavid; 2. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 3. Igor Shesterkin; 4. Leon Draisaitl; 5. Victor Hedman; 6. Cale Makar; 7. Nikita Kucherov; 8. Nathan MacKinnon; 9. Evander Kane; 10. Adam Fox; 11. Steven Stamkos; 12. Chris Kreider; 13. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins; 14. Nazem Kadri; 15. Ross Colton; 16. Mika Zibanejad
TRACEY MYERS
1. Connor McDavid; 2. Leon Draisaitl; 3. Nathan MacKinnon; 4. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 5. Mika Zibanejad; 6. Igor Shesterkin; 7. Adam Fox; 8. Nikita Kucherov; 9. Cale Makar; 10. Artemi Panarin; 11. Evander Kane; 12. Zach Hyman; 13. Andrew Copp; 14. Chris Kreider; 15. Gabriel Landeskog; 16. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
SHAWN P. ROARKE
1. Connor McDavid; 2. Leon Draisaitl; 3. Nathan MacKinnon; 4. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 5. Adam Fox; 6. Cale Makar; 7. Igor Shesterkin; 8. Nikita Kucherov; 9. Victor Hedman; 10. Mika Zibanejad; 11. Evander Kane; 12. Chris Kreider; 13. Steven Stamkos; 14. Devon Toews; 15. Gabriel Landeskog; 16. Nazem Kadri
DAN ROSEN
1. Connor McDavid; 2. Leon Draisaitl; 3. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 4. Igor Shesterkin; 5. Nathan MacKinnon; 6. Mika Zibanejad; 7. Cale Makar; 8. Adam Fox; 9. Victor Hedman; 10. Nikita Kucherov; 11. Evander Kane; 12. Devon Toews; 13. Jacob Trouba; 14. Zach Hyman; 15. Gabriel Landeskog; 16. Ryan McDonagh
DAVID SATRIANO
1. Connor McDavid; 2. Nathan MacKinnon; 3. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 4. Igor Shesterkin; 5. Leon Draisaitl; 6. Victor Hedman; 7. Cale Makar; 8. Nikita Kucherov; 9. Artemi Panarin; 10. Adam Fox; 11. Gabriel Landeskog; 12. Steven Stamkos; 13. Evander Kane; 14. Mika Zibanejad; 15. Nazem Kadri; 16. Chris Kreider
PAUL STRIZHEVSKY
1. Connor McDavid; 2. Leon Draisaitl; 3. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 4. Igor Shesterkin; 5. Adam Fox; 6. Mika Zibanejad; 7. Evander Kane; 8. Nikita Kucherov; 9. Cale Makar; 10. Nathan MacKinnon; 11. Victor Hedman; 12. Mike Smith; 13. Zach Hyman; 14. Mikko Rantanen; 15. Chris Kreider; 16. Gabriel Landeskog
MIKE ZEISBERGER
1. Connor McDavid; 2. Leon Draisaitl; 3. Igor Shesterkin; 4. Nathan MacKinnon; 5. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 6. Nikita Kucherov; 7. Evander Kane; 8. Cale Makar; 9. Mika Zibanejad; 10. Adam Fox; 11. Zach Hyman; 12. Victor Hedman; 13. Chris Kreider; 14. Steven Stamkos; 15. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins; 16. Artemi Panarin
---
Listen: New episode of NHL @TheRink