By Frank Seravalli
Daily News
Power rankings are through games played on Sun., Dec. 6:
Rank | Team | Record | Comment |
1. | Detroit | 17-4-3 | Best win percentage in NHL |
2. | Pittsburgh | 18-8-2 | Winners of 9 in a row |
3. | Philadelphia | 17-7-4 | Getting back on track with 2 straight wins |
4. | Washington | 18-8-2 | Just 5-4-1 in their last 10 games |
5. | Dallas | 16-8-1 | A team no one had penciled in for playoffs |
6. | Montreal | 17-8-2 | League low 53 goals against |
7. | Tampa Bay | 15-9-3 | Simon Gagne is back and has helped PP |
8. | Phoenix | 13-7-3 | Just behind Dallas in strong division |
9. | Boston | 14-8-3 | Tim Thomas has been unreal in net |
10. | Vancouver | 14-8-3 | League’s 2nd best power play |
11. | Chicago | 15-12-2 | Losing Kane for a short while will hurt |
12. | Los Angeles | 15-10-0 | 10-2 at home, 5-8 on road. |
13. | Nashville | 12-8-5 | Score just 2.4 goals per game (26th) |
14. | San Jose | 12-9-4 | Unbelievably last in division |
15. | St. Louis | 13-9-4 | Growing pains for fast, young team |
16. | Atlanta | 14-10-3 | 7-3 in last 10 games thanks to Byfuglien |
17. | N.Y. Rangers | 16-12-1 | 6-8-1 at MSG, 10-4 on road. Strange? |
18. | Columbus | 14-10-1 | Welcome back to Earth, Blue Jackets |
19. | Colorado | 13-10-3 | 27th in goals against (3.2 goals per game) |
20. | Minnesota | 11-11-4 | Martin Havlat does it all for Wild |
21. | Anaheim | 13-13-3 | Solid special teams, poor even strength |
22. | Carolina | 11-12-3 | In middle of 5-game road swing |
23. | Edmonton | 10-12-4 | Oilers have won 4 in a row |
24. | Buffalo | 11-13-3 | Ryan Miller has still been solid |
25. | Ottawa | 12-14-2 | Leading scorer D. Alfredsson has just 18 pts |
26. | Calgary | 11-14-2 | Power play and penalty kill are both 24th |
27. | Florida | 11-14-0 | Decent goals for (64) / goals against (66) ratio |
28. | Toronto | 9-12-4 | Firing Ron Wilson is not the answer |
29. | New Jersey | 8-16-2 | Ilya Kovalchuk is 6th on the team in points |
30. | N.Y. Islanders | 5-15-5 | Have lost 17 of their last 18 games |
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