The Panthers have won four consecutive games while scoring 24 goals (6.0 goals per game) coming out of the holiday break. Their .727 points percentage is best in the Atlantic Division and second in the NHL behind the Carolina Hurricanes (.758), who remained No. 1 in the Super 16.
The St. Louis Blues made the biggest jump, four spots to No. 9. The Minnesota Wild took the biggest tumble, down four spots to No. 12. The Blues defeated the Wild 6-4 in the 2022 Discover NHL Winter Classic on Saturday.
The Winnipeg Jets moved into the Super 16 at No. 16, knocking out the Edmonton Oilers.
To create the NHL.com power rankings, each of the 13 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 first was given 16 points, second got 15, third 14 and so on down to No. 16, which got one point.
Here is the Super 16: