Super 16: Avalanche unanimous No. 1; Oilers, Stars enter power rankings

The Colorado Avalanche are the unanimous No. 1 this week in the NHL.com Super 16 power rankings and No. 1 for the fourth straight week.

The Calgary Flames are the biggest risers, climbing five spots to No. 9. The Nashville Predators are down five to No. 14.
California is no longer represented in the rankings with the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks dropping out and being replaced by the Edmonton Oilers and Dallas Stars.
To create the NHL.com power rankings, each of the 14 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 team that is selected first is given 16 points, second gets 15, third 14, fourth 13 and so on down to No. 16, which gets one point.
Here is the Super 16:

1. Colorado Avalanche (35-9-4)

Total points: 224Last week: No. 1
The Avalanche are 24-2-3 and averaging 3.97 goals per game and 2.41 goals-against per game since Dec. 2.

2. Florida Panthers (33-10-5)

Total points: 203Last week: No. 2
The Panthers have six players who have scored at least 15 goals this season, most in the NHL. The Toronto Maple Leafs (five), St. Louis Blues (five) and Minnesota Wild (five) are the others with at least five players.

3. Tampa Bay Lightning (32-11-6)

Total points: 191Last week: No. 4
Victor Hedman leads NHL defensemen with 50 points (11 goals, 39 assists). Corey Perry's next goal will be the forward's 400th in the NHL. He will become the 10th player to score at least 400 goals since making his NHL debut in 2005-06.

4. Carolina Hurricanes (32-11-4)

Total points: 182Last week: No. 3
Andrei Svechnikov scored six goals in six games before the Hurricanes lost 3-2 in overtime to the Panthers on Wednesday. The forward has scored at least 20 goals in three of his four NHL seasons. He scored 15 in 55 games last season, a 22-goal pace for an 82-game season.

5. Pittsburgh Penguins (31-11-8)

Total points: 158Last week: No. 7
The Penguins won four straight games after the NHL All-Star break. Forwards Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel each has a seven-game point streak. Crosby has scored 12 points (three goals, nine assists), including his 500th NHL goal, during the streak. Guentzel has scored 11 points (four goals, seven assists).

6. Toronto Maple Leafs (31-12-3)

Total points: 148Last week: No. 5
Mitchell Marner scored 22 points (11 goals, 11 assists) in 11 games since Jan. 15. Auston Matthews and Michael Bunting each scored eight goals in that same time. Marner, Matthews and Bunting are the Maple Leafs' top line.

7. Minnesota Wild (30-12-3)

Total points: 141Last week: No. 8
Mats Zuccarello scored 26 points (seven goals, 19 assists) in 16 games since Dec. 20 and at least two points in nine of his past 12. The forward scored 18 points (five goals, 13 assists) in an NHL career-long 10-game point streak from Dec. 20-Jan. 28, including a Wild record six straight multipoint games from Jan. 14-28.

8. New York Rangers (31-13-4)

Total points: 132Last week: No. 6
Igor Shesterkin is 10-1-0 with a 1.87 goals-against average, .944 save percentage and two shutouts since Dec. 31. The goalie allowed two or fewer goals in four of his past five games and seven of his past 10. He is 23-5-2 with a 2.05 GAA, .938 save percentage and three shutouts in 30 games (29 starts) this season.

9. Calgary Flames (28-13-6)

Total points: 108Last week: No. 14
The Flames won a season-high eight consecutive games, and eight in a row at home since Jan. 18. They have outscored opponents 37-13 during the streak and scored at least four goals in seven straight games, a Calgary record for most consecutive victories with at least that many goals.

10. St. Louis Blues (28-14-5)

Total points: 98Last week: No. 10
Ville Husso is 8-1-0 with a 1.40 GAA, .950 save percentage and one shutout in 10 games (nine starts) since Jan. 7. He allowed two or fewer goals in seven starts. The Blues have won 500 games since Doug Armstrong took over as general manager Sept. 3, 2013. He is the 25th GM in NHL history to get to 500 wins with one team.

11. Vegas Golden Knights (28-18-3)

Total points: 81Last week: No. 11
Jack Eichel made his debut for the Golden Knights in a 2-0 loss to the Avalanche on Wednesday, the center's first NHL game since March 7, 2021 with the Buffalo Sabres, after neck surgery. Vegas put forward Mark Stone (back) on long-term injured reserve Monday. The move created the space needed under the NHL salary cap to activate Eichel. Stone must miss at least 10 games and spend 24 days on LTIR.

12. Washington Capitals (27-15-9)

Total points: 76Last week: No. 12
Alex Ovechkin's two goals in a 4-1 win against the Predators on Tuesday gave him 31 this season, his 16th with at least 30 goals, one behind retired forward Mike Gartner for most in NHL history. The Capitals captain is the only NHL player to score at least 30 goals in 16 seasons with one team.

13. Boston Bruins (27-16-4)

Total points: 56Last week: No. 13
Jeremy Swayman allowed six goals in four games, four in three starts, since being recalled from Providence of the American Hockey League on Jan. 29. The goalie is 9-7-3 with a 2.15 GAA, .923 save percentage and two shutouts in 20 games (19 starts) this season.

14. Nashville Predators (28-17-4)

Total points: 53Last week: No. 9
The Predators lost three games in a row, allowing at least four goals in each game, and six when shorthanded.

15. Edmonton Oilers (26-18-3)

Total points: 28Last week: NR
The Oilers won three straight games, outscoring the New York Islanders, San Jose Sharks and Kings by a combined 11-3. They are 8-2-1 since Jan. 22.

16. Dallas Stars (26-19-2)

Total points: 14Last week: NR
Dallas won five straight road games since Jan. 20, including 4-1 at Colorado on Tuesday when they ended the Avalanche's home point streak at 22 games. Joe Pavelski factored in on every goal against Colorado (two goals, two assists) to end the forward's six-game point drought.
Others receiving points: Los Angeles Kings 10, Anaheim Ducks 1
Dropped out:Kings (No. 15), Ducks (No. 16)

HERE'S HOW WE RANKED 'EM

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