By Frank Seravalli
Daily News
Here are our latest power rankings through games played on Dec. 15, 2010:
Rank | Team | Record | Comment |
1. | Philadelphia (3) | 21-7-5 | 9-1-3 in their last 13 games |
2. | Detroit (1) | 20-7-3 | An astounding 8-3-1 on the road |
3. | Pittsburgh (2) | 21-10-2 | Lost 2 straight after 12 consecutive wins |
4. | Vancouver (10) | 17-8-4 | Best power play in the NHL |
5. | Montreal (6) | 18-11-2 | Not deep but strong defensively and in net |
6. | Dallas (5) | 18-10-2 | Still trying to figure out Stars’ poor special teams |
7. | Boston (9) | 16-9-4 | 1st in the NHL in goals against (1.9 gpg) |
8. | Nashville (13) | 16-8-6 | Survived through massive injuries |
9. | Washington (4) | 18-10-2 | Time for Bruce Boudreau to go? |
10. | N.Y. Rangers (17) | 19-13-1 | Quietly keeping up with pace in the Atlantic |
11. | Chicago (NC) | 16-14-3 | Patrick Sharp leads with 17 goals |
12. | Tampa Bay (7) | 17-10-4 | Second-best home record in NHL |
13. | Atlanta (16) | 17-11-4 | Just two points back of Capitals in Southeast |
14. | Colorado (19) | 17-10-4 | Winners of 4 in a row |
15. | Los Angeles (12) | 17-10-1 | Beat the Wings in Detroit, 5-0, on Monday |
16. | Phoenix (8) | 14-10-3 | Goals for / Goals against ratio is just +1 |
17. | San Jose (14) | 15-11-5 | 6-8-1 at MSG, 10-4 on road. Strange? |
18. | Columbus (NC) | 16-11-3 | 26th ranked special teams aren’t special |
19. | St. Louis (15) | 14-10-5 | Struggled to 3-5-2 in their last 10 games |
20. | Anaheim (21) | 17-13-4 | Extended coach Randy Carlyle for one year |
21. | Carolina (22) | 13-12-4 | Canes have just 1 scorer (Staal) in double digit goals |
22. | Minnesota (20) | 13-12-4 | Defenseman Burns leads team in scoring? Yikes |
23. | Buffalo (24) | 13-14-4 | Drew Stafford picked up 3rd career hat trick Wed. |
24. | Calgary (26) | 13-15-3 | Where would Flames be without Iginla? |
25. | Toronto (28) | 12-14-4 | Leafs are 7-5-1 with Phaneuf in the lineup |
26. | Ottawa (25) | 13-16-3 | Tough stretch through the end of 2010 |
27. | Edmonton (23) | 11-14-5 | Lost two in a row |
28. | Florida (27) | 16-16-0 | Play decent defense but worst PP in NHL |
29. | New Jersey (NC) | 9-19-2 | Staggering 1-5-0 in December |
30. | N.Y. Islanders (NC) | 5-18-5 | Have lost 20 of their last 21 games |