Super 16: Avalanche No. 1; Maple Leafs enter top five in power rankings

The Toronto Maple Leafs' five-game winning streak helped vault them into the top five of the NHL.com Super 16 power rankings this week.

The Maple Leafs are No. 5, up two spots from last week.
The top four teams are in the same order this week, with the Colorado Avalanche ranked No. 1 by 11 of the 14 participating staff members.
The Minnesota Wild moved up two spots to No. 7. The Pittsburgh Penguins are down three to No. 8.
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 (32-8-4)

Total points: 221Last week: No. 1
The Avalanche have a 17-game point streak (15-0-2), a Colorado/Quebec Nordiques record. They were 15-0-1 in January, tying the Boston Bruins (March 2014) for the NHL record for most wins and points (31) in a month.

2. Carolina Hurricanes (31-9-2)

Total points: 207Last week: No. 2
The Hurricanes have won four in a row by one goal. Andrei Svechnikov scored the game-winner in the past two, 2-1 wins against the San Jose Sharks and New Jersey Devils. The forward scored the shootout-deciding goal in a 3-2 win against the Ottawa Senators on Jan. 27.

3. Florida Panthers (32-10-5)

Total points: 197
Last week: No. 3
The Panthers are 14-3-1 and averaging 4.94 goals per game since Dec. 29. Jonathan Huberdeau has scored an NHL-leading 31 points (seven goals, 24 assists) in those 18 games. The All-Star forward leads the NHL with 64 points (17 goals, 47 assists) in 47 games.

4. Tampa Bay Lightning (30-10-6)

Total points: 178Last week: No. 4
The Lightning are 7-2 in games decided in overtime and 2-4 when it goes to a shootout. Steven Stamkos has scored at least one point in 34 of the 45 games he's played this season. The All-Star forward leads Tampa Bay with 52 points (20 goals, 32 assists).

5. Toronto Maple Leafs (29-10-3)

Total points: 161Last week: No. 7
Mitchell Marner has a seven-game goal streak. The forward has scored 16 points (eight goals, eight assists) during the run.

6. New York Rangers (30-13-4)

Total points: 143Last week: No. 6
Chris Kreider leads the NHL with 33 goals and 17 power-play goals. The All-Star forward has scored 16 goals, seven with the man-advantage, in 18 games since Dec. 17.

7. Minnesota Wild (28-10-3)

Total points: 142Last week: No. 9
The Wild are on a six-game winning streak and 10-game point streak (9-0-1) since Jan. 6. It was their second point streak of at least nine this season, and the first time they've had multiple point streaks that long in their history. They were 8-0-1 from Nov. 21-Dec. 9.

8. Pittsburgh Penguins (27-11-8)

Total points: 137Last week: No. 5
Sidney Crosby needs two goals for 500 in the NHL. He'll become the 46th player in NHL history and the second Penguins player (Mario Lemieux, 690 goals) to score that many. Pittsburgh is 0-1-3 in its past four games.

9. St. Louis Blues (26-13-5)

Total points: 103Last week: No. 8
Vladimir Tarasenko leads the Blues with 21 points (eight goals, 13 assists) in 16 games since Dec. 7. The forward has scored at least one point in 11 of his past 12. He missed four games from Jan. 7-15.

10. Nashville Predators (28-14-4)

Total points: 101Last week: No. 11
Filip Forsberg has scored five goals in a four-game goal streak. The forward has scored 13 goals in 14 games since Dec. 16. Forward Tanner Jeannot leads NHL rookies with 14 goals. The Predators are 4-0-1 since Jan. 20, scoring at least four goals in each of the four wins.

11. Washington Capitals (25-13-9)

Total points: 86Last week: No. 10
All-Star forward Evgeny Kuznetsov has scored 17 points (six goals, 11 assists) in 17 games since Dec. 10. Capitals coach Peter Laviolette was two wins from 700 as an NHL coach and will be the 10th to win that many. Washington forward Alex Ovechkin will miss the 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend after he was placed in NHL COVID-19 protocol Wednesday.

12. Vegas Golden Knights (27-16-3)

Total points: 70Last week: No. 13
Robin Lehner has allowed 19 goals in nine games since Jan. 6, going 5-3-1 with a 2.08 goals-against average, .923 save percentage and one shutout. The goalie had a 3.03 GAA and .905 save percentage (70 goals on 738 shots) in his first 24 games.

13. Boston Bruins (26-14-3)

Total points: 67Last week: No. 12
David Pastrnak has scored 14 goals in 15 games since Jan. 4, one more in two more games than Kreider in that span. The forward is tied with Kreider for the most goals (14) since Jan. 1.

14. Calgary Flames (23-13-6)

Total points: 39Last week: No. 14
Andrew Mangiapane has scored 20 goals, the first time he has scored at least that many in his NHL career. The forward has scored 19 goals on the road, tied with Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl for most in the NHL. The Flames are 5-1-0 in the past six games.

15. Los Angeles Kings (24-16-7)

Total points: 22Last week: No. 16
The Kings were 4-0-2 on their season-long six-game road trip that ended with a 5-3 win at the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday.

16. Anaheim Ducks (23-16-9)

Total points: 17Last week: NR
All-Star goalie John Gibson is 4-1-2 with a 1.69 GAA and .948 save percentage since Jan. 4. The Ducks are 4-0-2 in their past six games. They don't play again until Feb. 11 against the Seattle Kraken.
Others receiving points:Dallas Stars 6, Edmonton Oilers 6, Vancouver Canucks 1
Dropped out:Stars (No. 15)

HERE'S HOW WE RANKED 'EM

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