Super 16: Panthers remain No. 1; Rangers, Wild climb rankings

The New York Rangers moved up six spots, and the Minnestoa Wild climbed five in the NHL.com Super 16 power rankings this week.

The Rangers, who won seven in a row before losing to the Colorado Avalanche 7-3 on Wednesday, are No. 2. The Wild, who will put their seven-game winning streak on the line Thursday at the San Jose Sharks, are No. 4.
For the second straight week, the Florida Panthers are No. 1 in the Super 16. The Carolina Hurricanes, who were knocked out of the top spot by Florida last week, fell three to No. 5.
The Edmonton Oilers took the biggest fall, dropping six spots to No. 10.
To create the NHL.com power rankings, each of the 14 participating staff members put together his or her version of what they think it should look like. Those were submitted and a point total assigned to each.
The team that was selected No. 1 was given 16 points, No. 2 got 15, No. 3 received 14, and so on to No. 16, which got one point.
Here is the Super 16:

1. Florida Panthers (17-4-4)

Total points: 217
Last week: No. 1
Aleksander Barkov returned Tuesday after missing eight games with a knee injury, but Panthers coach Andrew Brunette said the Selke Trophy-winning center "tweaked something," and he didn't play in overtime of a 4-3 loss to the St. Louis Blues. Barkov's status could be updated Thursday. The Panthers were 6-2-0 without him.

2. New York Rangers (17-5-3)

Total points: 182
Last week: No. 8
The Rangers were 7-for-19 on the power play (38.6 percent) and 21-for-22 on the penalty kill (95.5 percent) during their winning streak; they were 1-for-5 (20 percent) and 4-for-5 (80.0 percent) on Wednesday. They had won 11 of 12 games since Nov. 8.

3. Washington Capitals (16-4-6)

Total points: 181
Last week: No. 3
Peter Laviolette is 52-19-11 (115 points) in 82 games as Capitals coach. He's the 19th coach in their history and the only one to win 50 of his first 82 games.

4. Minnesota Wild (18-6-1)

Total points: 175
Last week: No. 9
The Wild have won seven straight games with Cam Talbot 5-0-0 with a 1.74 goals-against average and .951 save percentage. Kaapo Kahkonen won the other two, allowing four goals on 62 shots (.935). Kirill Kaprizov has scored 12 points (four goals, eight assists) during the winning streak and the forward has scored 19 points (six goals, 13 assists) in his past 10 games.

5. Carolina Hurricanes (17-6-1)

Total points: 173
Last week: No. 2
Sebastian Aho has scored at least two points in three straight games (seven points; one goal, six assists). Vincent Trocheck has scored four points (two goals, two assists) in two games after he went the previous eight without a point. Carolina has won back-to-back games after losing three straight.

6. Tampa Bay Lightning (16-5-4)

Total points: 169
Last week: No. 6
The Lightning are on a four-game winning streak and a five-game point streak. They have had four winning streaks of at least three games this season.

7. Toronto Maple Leafs (18-7-2)

Total points: 149
Last week: No. 5
Auston Matthews has scored 10 goals in a seven-game goal-scoring streak. Mitchell Marner will be out 3-4 weeks with a shoulder injury he sustained in practice Friday. The forward has missed three games.

8. Calgary Flames (15-6-5)

Total points: 136
Last week: No. 7
Johnny Gaudreau has a four-game point streak (one goal, three assists) and a Flames-high 14 points (six goals, eight assists) in 11 games since Nov. 16. The forward leads Calgary with 29 points (10 goals, 19 assists) in 26 games. Matthew Tkachuk's assist on Gaudreau's goal in a 5-3 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday was the forward's 300th NHL point (121 goals, 179 assists).

9. Colorado Avalanche (14-7-2)

Total points: 111
Last week: No. 10
Avalanche defensemen scored an NHL-high 25 goals in 22 games before not scoring Wednesday. They scored 26 goals in 56 games last season.

10. Edmonton Oilers (16-8-0)

Total points: 104
Last week: No. 4
The Oilers have lost three straight games, scoring five goals, after they scored 13 goals in three straight wins. Forward Leon Draisaitl is tied with teammate Connor McDavid for the NHL lead with 43 points. Draisaitl has 21 goals and 22 assists. McDavid, Edmonton's captain, has 16 and 27.

11. Dallas Stars (13-8-2)

Total points: 80
Last week: No. 12
The Stars have won eight in a row at home, where they are 9-2-1 with a plus-16 goal differential (40-24). They have the best home power-play percentage in the NHL (30.3 percent).

12. St. Louis Blues (13-8-4)

Total points: 52
Last week: No. 11
Defenseman Justin Faulk and goalie Jordan Binnington have missed three games, and forward Tyler Bozak has missed four in NHL COVID-19 protocol. The Blues are also without forwards David Perron (upper body), Robert Thomas (lower body), James Neal (upper body) and Klim Kostin (upper body), and goalie Ville Husso (lower body). They played 17 skaters (10 forwards, seven defensemen) against the Panthers on Tuesday.

13. Anaheim Ducks (14-8-5)

Total points: 50
Last week: No. 16
The Ducks have a five-game point streak (3-0-2). Sonny Milano has a four-game point streak (three goals, four assists), including a goal in three in a row. Trevor Zegras has eight assists in a four-game streak.

14. Vegas Golden Knights (15-10-0)

Total points: 47
Last week: No. 13
Max Pacioretty has scored a point in six straight games since returning from a lower-body injury that kept him out for 17 games from Oct. 20-Nov. 22. He has scored nine points (five goals, four assists), including two game-winning goals, and has 32 shots on goal.

15. Pittsburgh Penguins (12-8-5)

Total points: 33
Last week: NR
The Penguins have scored 10 goals in their past two games, a 4-1 win at the Vancouver Canucks and a 6-1 victory at the Seattle Kraken. Forward Jake Guentzel (upper body) is week to week. He scored seven points (five goals, two assists) in those two wins and 19 (12 goals, seven assists) in a 13-game point scoring streak since Nov. 13.

16. Boston Bruins (12-8-2)

Total points: 28
Last week: No. 15
The Bruins had won four straight road games entering Wednesday, when they lost in a shootout at the Vancouver Canucks. Forward Brad Marchand was back in the lineup after missing three games serving a suspension.
Others receiving points:Winnipeg Jets 9, Detroit Red Wings 5, Nashville Predators 3
Dropped out:Columbus Blue Jackets (No. 14)

HERE'S HOW WE RANKED 'EM

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