NHL POWER RANKINGS

NHL Hockey Power Rankings

NHL Power Rankings

By A.J.  Perez

WEEK#    
Posted March 18, 2013 06:36 PM EDT

The Chicago Blackhawks pulled out of their mini slide, at least just enough to remain ahead of the Anaheim Ducks for one more week. The true barometer comes Wednesday when these top two teams collide.

+12

St. Louis Blues

-6

Toronto Maple Leafs

FOX SPORTS NHL POWER RANKINGS

RK Team RECORD CHANGE HIGH/LOW COMMENTS
1

23-2 -3 - 1/7
It looks like back-to-back losses after Chicago’s record-setting streak wasn’t much to be concerned about. The Blackhawks rebounded to outscore their next two opponents (Columbus and Dallas) 10-2.
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2

20-3 -4 - 2/17
Anaheim hasn’t had a regulation loss since Feb. 25, a span of 10 games. The Ducks will be minus Corey Perry against San Jose (Monday) and Chicago (Wednesday) after he was banned four games for an exceedingly late check of Minnesota forward Jason Zucker laExpand Description
Anaheim hasn’t had a regulation loss since Feb. 25, a span of 10 games. The Ducks will be minus Corey Perry against San Jose (Monday) and Chicago (Wednesday) after he was banned four games for an exceedingly late check of Minnesota forward Jason Zucker last week.Collapse Description
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3

22-8 -0 2 1/8
The Pens have won just about every way possible in their current nine-game winning streak. Maybe the most impressive part — if not the key after a shaky start of the season defensively — is that Pittsburgh has held the opposition to 2.20 goals per game duExpand Description
The Pens have won just about every way possible in their current nine-game winning streak. Maybe the most impressive part — if not the key after a shaky start of the season defensively — is that Pittsburgh has held the opposition to 2.20 goals per game during the run. Collapse Description
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4

19-5 -3 1 3/6
Boston has lost twice to the Pens in a span of five days, making the Pens’ promotion an easy call. Maybe more the concern to the Bruins is just how injured top-line center David Krejci’s knee is after he went down in Sunday’s 2-1 loss to the Pens.
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5

19-5 -4 1 3/26
The Habs are on a five-game run. Also impressive: Montreal has scored the first goal 75 percent of the time this season.
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6

16-10 -2 12 1/18
Maybe I was a little hard on Jake Allen before. He earned his first career shutout against the Coyotes on Thursday and followed it by allowing one goal in a 2-1 OT victory over the Ducks on Saturday.
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7

15-10 -2 1 3/25
Seeing goalie Jonathan Quick pulled — like he was midway through Thursday’s loss to San Jose — has become an all-too-frequent occurrence. LA has still found ways to win, at least most of the time of late.
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8

15-10 -2 1 5/23
Minnesota remains one of the hotter teams in the league. The Wild haven’t lost to a team not named Blackhawks or Ducks since Feb. 23.
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9

15-8 -6 2 7/14
It’s been impressive that the Sens have kept up a solid pace minus goalie Craig Anderson, who hasn’t played since injuring his ankle a month ago.
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10

14-10 -5 2 9/18
Maybe it was a little too soon to write off Detroit. (Cue up another Clint Eastwood commercial.) But the Wings face some stiff competition with games against the Wild and Ducks (twice) over the next six days.
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11

12-9 -6 - 2/17
San Jose needed that regulation victory over the Kings Thursday. The Sharks, however, didn’t need to follow it with a 5-2 loss to LA two days later.
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12

15-12 -2 5 12/28
Enough harping on the Southeast and its weakness compared to the rest of the NHL — if not all of the four major sports. But the Jets are a third seed entering play Monday night after winning three of four.
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13

13-11 -4 3 11/25
Phoenix hadn’t scored in two games (losses to the Blues and Blue Jackets) entering the week. Maybe some soft Kings goaltending can help the Coyotes out as they play LA Monday and Tuesday.
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14

15-12 -2 6 8/30
The Leafs have been losing, a lot. But at least Toronto is dropping games to some good teams. All of the teams the Leafs have lost to on their five-game skid are playoff teams.
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15

13-10 -6 1 2/23
New Jersey was leading the Atlantic and had the second-best record in the East on Feb. 21. By no coincidence, that’s the last time goalie Martin Brodeur (back) played.
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16

15-11 -1 6 8/27
The 'Canes may not be atop the division anymore, but their top line (Eric Staal, Alexander Semin and Jiri Tlusty) have a combined 39 points over the last nine games.
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17

13-8 -6 2 3/17
Alex Burrows scored the quickest goal in franchise history (6 seconds), but that’d be basically the end of the good times as the Canucks lost to the Red Wings 5-2 on Saturday. Another missed opportunity at a statement win.
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18

13-12 -2 5 2/20
New York is on its second three-game skid over the last four weeks. It looks like this skid — which has included only two Rangers goals — will lead to some reshuffled lines and maybe even a reshuffled roster as the trade deadline approaches.
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19

11-12 -6 2 13/30
Pretty amazing that this team that began the season 3-6-1 hasn’t lost in regulation the last 10 games.
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20

11-12 -6 - 10/27
The Preds’ three-game slide has included something usually missing from games they win: scoring. Nashville averaged three goals a game in losses to Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. For the season, the Preds have averaged 2.24 goals game, the third lowest Expand Description
The Preds’ three-game slide has included something usually missing from games they win: scoring. Nashville averaged three goals a game in losses to Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. For the season, the Preds have averaged 2.24 goals game, the third lowest mark in the league. Collapse Description
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21

13-12 -3 3 12/30
The Isles have a two-game winning streak for the second time this month, are 5-1-2 over their last eight and have inched above .500. The last portion of this run has come minus winger Michael Grabner (shoulder).
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22

12-12 -3 3 12/27
That 8-1 loss to the Blackhawks on Saturday was the low point in the season, figuring in the fact that it was the Stars’ fourth defeat in a row.
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23

11-11 -6 3 17/28
This team needs to look inward after Friday’s collapse that saw the Oilers squander a two-goal lead en route to a 3-2 OT loss to the Red Wings.
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24

11-11 -4 3 21/30
A couple quality wins in a row (Red Wings on Wednesday and Predators Friday) and all the talk in town isn’t all about where Jarome Iginla is headed before the deadline.
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25

12-15 -1 3 7/29
A promising start to the season has given way to the once unthinkable: trading Martin St. Louis.
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26

13-15 -1 3 8/27
Philly needs to get on a run and quick. The last time it won back-to-back games was nearly a month ago.
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27

12-15 -1 2 9/27
Washington has had a different coach at the start of each of the last three seasons. Could we possibly make that four in a row?
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28

10-13 -4 6 20/29
Mired in a three-game skid, the task doesn’t get any easier with a game against the Blackhawks on Monday.
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29

10-15 -4 - 18/30
Buffalo is one of only three teams not above .500 when scoring first. (Edmonton and Columbus are the other two.) That’s not good company to be in.
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30

7-16 -6 - 19/30
The current Florida losing streak stands at five games.
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