Super 16: Sabres crack top 10

The Nashville Predators are the first unanimous No. 1 of the season in the Super 16 power rankings and occupy the top spot for the sixth straight week.

The Buffalo Sabres, winners of six in a row, made the biggest jump from last week, moving up four spots to No. 8.
The New York Islanders fell five spots to No. 14 and the New York Rangers, winners of eight of their past 10 games, make their debut at No. 15.
To create the power rankings, each of the 13 participating staff members put together his or her version of what they think the Super 16 should look like. Those are submitted and a point total is assigned to each.
The team picked first is given 16 points, second gets 15, third gets 14 and so on down to No. 16, which gets one point.
Here is latest Super 16, with some news and notes to follow for each team:

1. Nashville Predators (15-5-1)

Total points:208
Last week:No. 1
Hit: The Predators' plus-22 goal differential (70-48) is best in the NHL.
Miss: P.K. Subban has missed three consecutive games. The defenseman is on injured reserve with an upper-body injury.

2. Toronto Maple Leafs (15-6-0)

Total points:187
Last week: No. 3
Hit: Mitch Marner has an assist in five straight games, including two assists in three of them. The forward is second in the NHL with 22 assists, two behind Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen. The Maple Leafs have won four in a row, outscoring the opposition 16-7 and are 7-3-0 since center Auston Matthews went on injured reserve with a shoulder injury.
Miss: Nothing here.

3. Tampa Bay Lightning (14-6-1)

Total points:186
Last week:No. 2
Hit: Brayden Point has seven points (five goals, two assists) in the past three games after the forward had no points and was minus-6 in the previous three games.
Miss: Andrei Vasilevskiy has missed two games with a fractured left foot. The goalie was placed on injured reserve last week and ruled out 4-6 weeks.

4. Winnipeg Jets (12-5-2)

Total points:160
Last week:No. 5
Hit: Kyle Connor has nine points (four goals, five assists) in the past five games, helping the Jets go 4-0-1 in that stretch. The forward had four points (one goal, three assists) in a 6-3 win at the Vancouver Canucks on Monday.
Miss: Nothing, considering how they've been playing of late.

5. San Jose Sharks (11-7-4)

Total points:142
Last week:No. 7
Hit: Joe Pavelski had six goals in a four-game goal-scoring streak that ended in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. Erik Karlsson has five points (one goal, four assists) in the past four games.
Miss: Logan Couture has one goal since Oct. 28; he scored Wednesday.

6. Boston Bruins (11-6-3)

Total points:129
Last week:No. 4
Hit: Jake DeBrusk has three goals in the past three games and five in the past six. The forward has scored two goals in a game three times this season.
Miss: Patrice Bergeron is out a minimum of four weeks with a rib and sternoclavicular injury he sustained against the Dallas Stars on Friday. The Bruins said the center will be re-evaluated in four weeks, so he could be out longer.

7. Minnesota Wild (12-7-2)

Total points: 120
Last week:No. 6
Hit: The Wild have scored a power-play goal in four consecutive games (5-for-14) and in nine of 12 games since Oct. 27 (11-for-43).
Miss: They've lost two straight games and three of their past four, scoring two even-strength goals in the three losses.

8. Buffalo Sabres (13-6-2)

Total points:112
Last week:No. 12
Hit:The Sabres are on a six-game winning streak for the first time in nearly nine years (Dec. 27, 2009-Jan. 8, 2010). Each win has been by one goal, with four in overtime or a shootout. They are 7-0-2 in one-goal games this season.
Miss:Marco Scandella sustained a lower-body injury blocking a shot in a 5-4 overtime win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday. The defenseman's status for the game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday is unclear.

9. Columbus Blue Jackets (12-7-2)

Total points:111
Last week:No. 8
Hit: Cam Atkinson has a goal in five straight games (seven goals), the longest streak of the forward's NHL career, which spans 467 games. Pierre-Luc Dubois has a point in five straight games (four goals, five assists).
Miss: Backup goalie Joonas Korpisalo has allowed at least three goals in seven consecutive games played. He is 5-0-2 but has a 3.67 goals-against average and .885 save percentage this season.

10. Calgary Flames (12-8-1)

Total points:98
Last week:No. 11
Hit: David Rittich has started in back-to-back games, winning each by allowing four goals on 48 shots. The goalie is 7-1-0 with a 1.93 goals-against average and .931 save percentage and is challenging Mike Smith for the No. 1 job.
Miss:Smith is 1-3-0 in his past four starts, allowing 13 goals on 100 shots (.870 save percentage).

11. Washington Capitals (10-7-3)

Total points:81
Last week:No. 10
Hit: Alex Ovechkin tied Mario Lemieux for seventh place on the NHL list for power play goals (236) when he scored in a 5-4 overtime win against the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. Ovechkin needs one goal to tie Brendan Shanahan for sixth place, 10 to tie Phil Esposito for fifth, and 11 to tie Luc Robitaille for fourth. The forward has seven power-play goals this season, tied for second with Winnipeg's Patrik Laine, one behind David Pastrnak of the Bruins.
Miss:Evgeny Kuznetsov and T.J. Oshie have missed the past two games. The forwards are considered day to day, each with an upper-body injury.

12. Colorado Avalanche (10-6-4)

Total points: 77
Last week: No. 14
Hit: Mikko Rantanen (32 points), Nathan MacKinnon (29) and Gabriel Landeskog (22) have combined for 83 points, the most of any three teammates in the NHL this season, four more than Marner (28), Morgan Rielly (26) and John Tavares (25) of the Maple Leafs.
Miss: The Avalanche are 1-3-4 in games decided by one goal and 1-4 in games decided after regulation. The win was against the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday, when Rantanen scored on the power play with 1.3 seconds remaining in overtime.

13. Montreal Canadiens (11-6-4)

Total points:46
Last week:No. 15
Hit: Rookie center Jesperi Kotkaniemi has five points (one goal, four assists) in the past five games, including his first two-assist game (against Washington on Monday). Max Domi's point streak is up to 10 games (five goals, nine assists).
Miss: Noah Juulsen is out indefinitely with a facial fracture. The defenseman was injured Monday, when he was hit in the face by a puck two times.

14. New York Islanders (10-7-2)

Total points:38
Last week: No. 9
Hit: Anthony Beauvillier has four goals in the past two games, including a hat trick in a 7-5 win against the New York Rangers on Nov. 15.
Miss: Casey Cizikas, New York's fourth-line center, has missed two games with a lower-body injury and is out 2-3 weeks. Andrew Ladd has missed two games with a lower-body injury. The forward is out indefinitely.

15. New York Rangers (11-8-2)

Total points:33
Last week:NR
Hit: The Rangers are 8-1-1 in their past 10 games and have won six in a row at home. Rookie center Filip Chytil has scored in four straight games.
Miss: Defenseman Brady Skjei, who signed a six-year contract July 28, has been a healthy scratch the past two games, each a win by a combined 6-3 score. He is expected to be back in the lineup against the Islanders at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.

16. Dallas Stars (11-8-2)

Total points:30
Last week:No. 16
Hit: Tyler Seguin has seven points in the past six games (four goals, three assists). Esa Lindell has three points (two goals, one assist) and 12 shots on goal in the past three games.
Miss:Goalie Ben Bishop will be out at least a week with a lower-body injury he sustained in a 2-1 loss against the Rangers on Monday.
Others receiving points: Vancouver Canucks 7, Florida Panthers 3
Dropped out: Vancouver Canucks (No. 13)

HERE'S HOW WE RANKED 'EM

AMALIE BENJAMIN
1. Nashville Predators; 2. Toronto Maple Leafs; 3. Tampa Bay Lightning; 4. Winnipeg Jets; 5. San Jose Sharks; 6. Minnesota Wild; 7. Boston Bruins; 8. Columbus Blue Jackets; 9. New York Islanders; 10. Calgary Flames; 11. Washington Capitals; 12. Buffalo Sabres; 13. Montreal Canadiens; 14. Dallas Stars; 15. Colorado Avalanche; 16. New York Rangers
TIM CAMPBELL
1. Nashville Predators; 2. Tampa Bay Lightning; 3. Toronto Maple Leafs; 4. Winnipeg Jets; 5. Minnesota Wild; 6. Boston Bruins; 7. Buffalo Sabres; 8. Calgary Flames; 9. San Jose Sharks; 10. Columbus Blue Jackets; 11. Montreal Canadiens; 12. Colorado Avalanche; 13. Washington Capitals; 14. Dallas Stars; 15. New York Rangers; 16. New York Islanders
BRIAN COMPTON
1. Nashville Predators; 2. Toronto Maple Leafs; 3. Buffalo Sabres; 4. Tampa Bay Lightning; 5. Calgary Flames; 6. Minnesota Wild; 7. San Jose Sharks; 8. Columbus Blue Jackets; 9. Boston Bruins; 10. Winnipeg Jets; 11. New York Islanders; 12. New York Rangers; 13. Colorado Avalanche; 14. Washington Capitals; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. Florida Panthers
NICK COTSONIKA
1. Nashville Predators; 2. Toronto Maple Leafs; 3. Buffalo Sabres; 4. Tampa Bay Lightning; 5. Winnipeg Jets; 6. Boston Bruins; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. Columbus Blue Jackets; 9. Montreal Canadiens; 10. Colorado Avalanche; 11. San Jose Sharks; 12. Calgary Flames; 13. Washington Capitals; 14. New York Rangers; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. New York Islanders
TOM GULITTI
1. Nashville Predators; 2. Toronto Maple Leafs; 3. Tampa Bay Lightning; 4. Winnipeg Jets; 5. Boston Bruins; 6. San Jose Sharks; 7. Columbus Blue Jackets; 8. Buffalo Sabres; 9. Washington Capitals; 10. Minnesota Wild; 11. Calgary Flames; 12. Colorado Avalanche; 13. New York Islanders; 14. Montreal Canadiens; 15. New York Rangers; 16. Dallas Stars
ADAM KIMELMAN
1. Nashville Predators; 2. Tampa Bay Lightning; 3. Toronto Maple Leafs; 4. Winnipeg Jets; 5. San Jose Sharks; 6. Columbus Blue Jackets; 7. Calgary Flames; 8. Washington Capitals; 9. Minnesota Wild; 10. Buffalo Sabres; 11. Colorado Avalanche; 12. Boston Bruins; 13. New York Rangers; 14. Vancouver Canucks; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. Montreal Canadiens
ROBERT LAFLAMME
1. Nashville Predators; 2. Tampa Bay Lightning; 3. Toronto Maple Leafs; 4. Winnipeg Jets; 5. San Jose Sharks; 6. Boston Bruins; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. Calgary Flames; 9. Colorado Avalanche; 10. Washington Capitals; 11. Buffalo Sabres; 12. Dallas Stars; 13. Montreal Canadiens; 14. Columbus Blue Jackets; 15. Vancouver Canucks; 16. New York Islanders
MIKE G. MORREALE
1. Nashville Predators; 2. Tampa Bay Lightning; 3. Winnipeg Jets; 4. Toronto Maple Leafs; 5. San Jose Sharks; 6. Boston Bruins; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. Washington Capitals; 9. Columbus Blue Jackets; 10. Buffalo Sabres; 11. Colorado Avalanche; 12. Montreal Canadiens; 13. Calgary Flames; 14. Dallas Stars; 15. New York Rangers; 16. Florida Panthers
TRACEY MYERS
1. Nashville Predators; 2. Toronto Maple Leafs; 3. Tampa Bay Lightning; 4. San Jose Sharks; 5. Columbus Blue Jackets; 6. Boston Bruins; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. Winnipeg Jets; 9. Buffalo Sabres; 10. New York Rangers; 11. Colorado Avalanche; 12. Washington Capitals; 13. New York Islanders; 14. Calgary Flames; 15. Montreal Canadiens; 16. Dallas Stars
BILL PRICE
1. Nashville Predators; 2. Toronto Maple Leafs; 3. Tampa Bay Lightning; 4. Winnipeg Jets; 5. San Jose Sharks; 6. Minnesota Wild; 7. Columbus Blue Jackets; 8. Washington Capitals; 9. Calgary Flames; 10. Buffalo Sabres; 11. Boston Bruins; 12. Colorado Avalanche; 13. New York Islanders; 14. New York Rangers; 15. Vancouver Canucks; 16. Dallas Stars
SHAWN ROARKE
1. Nashville Predators; 2. Tampa Bay Lightning; 3. Winnipeg Jets; 4. Toronto Maple Leafs; 5. Boston Bruins; 6. San Jose Sharks; 7. Columbus Blue Jackets; 8. Calgary Flames; 9. Colorado Avalanche; 10. Minnesota Wild; 11. Washington Capitals; 12. Buffalo Sabres; 13. Montreal Canadiens; 14. New York Islanders; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. Florida Panthers
DAN ROSEN
1. Nashville Predators; 2. Toronto Maple Leafs; 3. Tampa Bay Lightning; 4. Winnipeg Jets; 5. San Jose Sharks; 6. Buffalo Sabres; 7. Calgary Flames; 8. Boston Bruins; 9. Columbus Blue Jackets; 10. Washington Capitals; 11. Minnesota Wild; 12. Colorado Avalanche; 13. Dallas Stars; 14. New York Islanders; 15. New York Rangers; 16. Montreal Canadiens
MIKE ZEISBERGER
1. Nashville Predators; 2. Tampa Bay Lightning; 3. Toronto Maple Leafs; 4. Winnipeg Jets; 5. Boston Bruins; 6. San Jose Sharks; 7. Colorado Avalanche; 8. Buffalo Sabres; 9. Montreal Canadiens; 10. Minnesota Wild; 11. Calgary Flames; 12. Columbus Blue Jackets; 13. Washington Capitals; 14. New York Islanders; 15. New York Rangers; 16. Dallas Stars