Super 16: Metropolitan Division filling the field

Six of the eight Metropolitan Division teams have made it into the NHL.com Super 16 this week, giving the division the most representation in the weekly power rankings.
The Washington Capitals and New York Rangers received enough points to get back into the Super 16 after dropping out last week. The Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils and Pittsburgh Penguins all maintained their place in the rankings.

The Islanders, winners of four straight, made the biggest leap of teams that were ranked last week, moving four spots to No. 7. The Capitals got back in at No. 11 and the Rangers re-emerged at No. 14.
The Tampa Bay Lightning, one of two teams from the Atlantic Division to make the rankings, maintained their hold on the No. 1 spot for the seventh consecutive week. It's their third straight week as the unanimous No. 1.
The Central and Pacific divisions each has four teams ranked this week.
To create the power rankings, each of the participating staff members puts 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.
Check out how the rankings came together once the math was finished this week, and stay for the information about each team:

1. Tampa Bay Lightning (17-6-2)

Total points: 208
Last week: No. 1
Hit:The Lightning have scored a power-play goal in five straight games, in 10 of their past 11, and in 21 of their first 25. They have the League's best power play (27.4 percent). Their 88 power-play goals since the start of the 2016-17 season are the most in the NHL.
Miss:They have four even-strength goals in their past five games.

2. St. Louis Blues (17-7-1)

Total points: 189
Last week: No. 2
Hit:Blues center Patrik Berglund had three shots on goal, two hits and one blocked shot in 14:28 in his season debut against the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday. He missed the first 24 games while recovering from offseason shoulder surgery.
Miss: Defenseman Carl Gunnarsson has been a healthy scratch four straight games since defenseman Jay Bouwmeester joined the lineup after missing the first 21 games because of an ankle injury.

3. Nashville Predators (15-6-3)

Total points: 172
Last week: No. 5
Hit:The Predators have won six consecutive home games and are 9-1-1 at Bridgestone Arena. Filip Forsberg has 17 points (nine goals, eight assists) at home, including at least one point in every game.
Miss:They're not missing anything significant these days, not with a 10-2-1 record in November, including 5-0-1 in their past six games.

4. Columbus Blue Jackets (16-8-1)

Total points: 167
Last week: No. 3
Hit:The Blue Jackets are 9-0-1 in games decided by one goal this season, including 8-1 in games decided in overtime or the shootout. They are 5-0 in overtime.
Miss:Their power play is the worst in the League (8.8 percent). They are 1-for-29 in the past 12 games, including 0-for-11 in the past five games.

5. Winnipeg Jets (15-6-4)

Total points: 159
Last week: No. 4
Hit:The Jets are 24-9-3, including 5-1-1 this season, against Central Division opponents dating to the start of last season.
Miss: Defenseman Dustin Byfuglien had gone without a point in nine straight games before he had an assist in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday. He has no goals through 23 games after averaging 17.5 goals the past four seasons.

6. Toronto Maple Leafs (16-9-1)

Total points: 140
Last week: No. 7
Hit:Health has been a key factor in their success this season. They have lost eight man-games to injury, including four (Nov. 8-16) for center Auston Matthews (upper body), who has five points (two goals, three assists) in six games since returning.
Miss:Mitchell Marner has no points in four straight games and one goal in 25 games since scoring opening night.

7. New York Islanders (15-7-2)

Total points: 124
Last week: No. 11
Hit:The Islanders have won four games in a row and seven of their past eight. They have scored at least five goals in five of those games and four goals in another. Rookie center Mathew Barzal has three goals and seven assists during his seven-game point streak.
Miss:New York has allowed eight shorthanded goals, most in the NHL.

8. New Jersey Devils (14-6-4)

Total points: 107
Last week: No. 6
Hit:Forward Marcus Johansson (concussion) is practicing and will go on New Jersey's three-game road trip with the possibility of playing in the first, against the Avalanche on Friday. He has missed the past 13 games.
Miss:Center Travis Zajac has no points in seven games since returning to the lineup after missing the first 17 games because of a pectoral injury.

9. Los Angeles Kings (14-8-3)

Total points: 104
Last week: No. 8
Hit:Defenseman Drew Doughty, who has six assists in the past six games, is on pace for 59 points with 18 (four goals, 14 assists) through 25 games. He has topped 50 points once in the past seven seasons (51 in 2015-16).
Miss:The Kings are winning despite being slow starters. They have allowed the first goal in 16 of 25 games and have been outscored 27-18 in the first period. They are outscoring the opposition 30-12 in the third period.

10. Vegas Golden Knights (15-7-1)

Total points: 87
Last week: No. 12
Hit: The Golden Knights might have had their eight-game home winning streak end in a 3-0 loss against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday, but they have won three in a row on the road, scoring at least four goals each game. Their next two games are back-to-back on the road, at the Minnesota Wild on Thursday and at the Jets on Friday.
Miss: Forward David Perron has missed the past two games because of an upper-body injury.

11. Washington Capitals (14-10-1)

Total points: 63
Last week: NR
Hit: In addition to Alex Ovechkin's five goals in the past three games, rookie forward Jakub Vrana has three goals in the past three games after scoring four in his first 21.
Miss: Center Lars Eller has one point, a goal, in the past eight games.

12. Pittsburgh Penguins (13-10-3)

Total points: 62
Last week: No. 9
Hit: Sidney Crosby has had three straight multipoint games, including back-to-back three-point games. He has 12 points (five goals, seven assists) in the past seven games. He had three points, all assists, in the 11 games prior to the start of his hot streak.
Miss: With goaltender Matt Murray week to week with a lower-body injury, their healthy goalies, Tristan Jarry and Casey DeSmith, have played six NHL games between them, including four starts, totaling 313 minutes. Jarry and DeSmith started the season as the two goalies for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pittsburgh's American Hockey League affiliate.

13. San Jose Sharks (13-8-2)

Total points: 61
Last week: NR
Hit:The Sharks have been outshot by an opponent in seven of their 23 games, including three of the past four. They are 5-1-1 in those games and have outscored the opposition 24-13.
Miss: San Jose has gotten six goals from defensemen. Only the Detroit Red Wings (five), Vancouver Canucks (four) and Buffalo Sabres (zero) have gotten fewer.

14. New York Rangers (13-10-2)

Total points: 45
Last week: NR
Hit:The Rangers are one of four NHL teams with as many as four players who have nine or more goals (forwards Mika Zibanejad, Michael Grabner, Pavel Buchnevich and Chris Kreider). The others are the Lightning, Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks.
Miss: They are 1-for-18 on the power play the past seven games, including 0-for-7 the past three.

15. Chicago Blackhawks (12-9-3)

Total points: 37
Last week: No. 15
Hit:Artem Anisimov leads the League with five game-winning goals in November. He is second in the NHL in game-winners behind teammate Brandon Saad, who has six.
Miss: Forwards Richard Panik (15 games) and Ryan Hartman (11 games) each is in a prolonged goal drought.

16. Calgary Flames (13-10-1)

Total points: 24
Last week: No. 10
Hit: The Flames are 15-for-17 on the penalty kill in six games since they allowed four power-play goals in an 8-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Nov. 15. They have scored seven power-play goals in that same six-game stretch (7-for-21).
Miss:Jaromir Jagr had no points his past three games and four (one goal, three assists) in nine after missing six in a row because of a lower-body injury Oct. 24-Nov. 5. He did not play Tuesday in a 4-1 loss to the Maple Leafs because of a lower-body injury.
Dropped out:Anaheim Ducks, Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes
Others receiving points:Dallas Stars, 18; Detroit Red Wings, 1

HERE'S HOW WE RANKED 'EM

AMALIE BENJAMIN
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. St. Louis Blues; 3. Toronto Maple Leafs; 4. Winnipeg Jets; 5. Columbus Blue Jackets; 6. Nashville Predators; 7. New York Islanders; 8. Vegas Golden Knights; 9. New Jersey Devils; 10. Pittsburgh Penguins; 11. Los Angeles Kings; 12. Washington Capitals; 13. New York Rangers; 14. San Jose Sharks; 15. Chicago Blackhawks; 16. Dallas Stars
TIM CAMPBELL
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. St. Louis Blues; 3. Nashville Predators; 4. Columbus Blue Jackets; 5. Winnipeg Jets; 6. New York Islanders; 7. New Jersey Devils; 8. Los Angeles Kings; 9. San Jose Sharks; 10. Washington Capitals; 11. Toronto Maple Leafs; 12. Pittsburgh Penguins; 13. Calgary Flames; 14. Chicago Blackhawks; 15. New York Rangers; 16. Dallas Stars
BRIAN COMPTON
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. St. Louis Blues; 3. Nashville Predators; 4. Winnipeg Jets; 5. Columbus Blue Jackets; 6. Toronto Maple Leafs; 7. New York Islanders; 8. New Jersey Devils; 9. Vegas Golden Knights; 10. Washington Capitals; 11. Los Angeles Kings; 12. New York Rangers; 13. Pittsburgh Penguins; 14. San Jose Sharks; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. Chicago Blackhawks
NICK COTSONIKA
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Nashville Predators; 3. St. Louis Blues; 4. Winnipeg Jets; 5. Vegas Golden Knights; 6. New York Islanders; 7. New Jersey Devils; 8. Columbus Blue Jackets; 9. Toronto Maple Leafs; 10. Los Angeles Kings; 11. San Jose Sharks; 12. Washington Capitals; 13. Chicago Blackhawks; 14. Dallas Stars; 15. Calgary Flames; 16. Pittsburgh Penguins
LISA DILLMAN
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Nashville Predators; 3. Columbus Blue Jackets; 4. St. Louis Blues; 5. Winnipeg Jets; 6. Toronto Maple Leafs; 7. New York Islanders; 8. New Jersey Devils; 9. New York Rangers; 10. Vegas Golden Knights; 11. Washington Capitals; 12. Pittsburgh Penguins; 13. Los Angeles Kings; 14. San Jose Sharks; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. Chicago Blackhawks
TOM GULITTI
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. St. Louis Blues; 3. Columbus Blue Jackets; 4. Nashville Predators; 5. New York Islanders; 6. New Jersey Devils; 7. Winnipeg Jets; 8. Toronto Maple Leafs; 9. Los Angeles Kings; 10. Pittsburgh Penguins; 11. Vegas Golden Knights; 12. Washington Capitals; 13. San Jose Sharks; 14. New York Rangers; 15. Chicago Blackhawks; 16. Dallas Stars
ADAM KIMELMAN
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. St. Louis Blues; 3. Toronto Maple Leafs; 4. Columbus Blue Jackets; 5. Winnipeg Jets; 6. Nashville Predators; 7. New York Islanders; 8. Vegas Golden Knights; 9. Los Angeles Kings; 10. New Jersey Devils; 11. Chicago Blackhawks; 12. Washington Capitals; 13. Pittsburgh Penguins; 14. New York Rangers; 15. San Jose Sharks; 16. Detroit Red Wings
ROBERT LAFLAMME
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. St. Louis Blues; 3. Columbus Blue Jackets; 4. Nashville Predators; 5. Winnipeg Jets; 6. Toronto Maple Leafs; 7. Los Angeles Kings; 8. New York Islanders; 9. New Jersey Devils; 10. Vegas Golden Knights; 11. Pittsburgh Penguins; 12. San Jose Sharks; 13. Chicago Blackhawks; 14. Washington Capitals; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. New York Rangers
MIKE G. MORREALE
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Columbus Blue Jackets; 3. Nashville Predators; 4. Winnipeg Jets; 5. St. Louis Blues; 6. Los Angeles Kings; 7. Toronto Maple Leafs; 8. San Jose Sharks; 9. Calgary Flames; 10. New York Islanders; 11. New Jersey Devils; 12. Chicago Blackhawks; 13. New York Rangers; 14. Pittsburgh Penguins; 15. Washington Capitals; 16. Vegas Golden Knights
BILL PRICE
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. St. Louis Blues; 3. Toronto Maple Leafs; 4. Columbus Blue Jackets; 5. Winnipeg Jets; 6. Nashville Predators; 7. New York Islanders; 8. Los Angeles Kings; 9. Vegas Golden Knights; 10. New Jersey Devils; 11. Washington Capitals; 12. Pittsburgh Penguins; 13. New York Rangers; 14. Chicago Blackhawks; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. Calgary Flames
SHAWN ROARKE
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. St. Louis Blues; 3. Winnipeg Jets; 4. Nashville Predators; 5. Columbus Blue Jackets; 6. Toronto Maple Leafs; 7. Los Angeles Kings; 8. Calgary Flames; 9. New York Rangers; 10. San Jose Sharks; 11. Pittsburgh Penguins; 12. Vegas Golden Knights; 13. New Jersey Devils; 14. New York Islanders; 15. Washington Capitals; 16. Dallas Stars
DAN ROSEN
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. St. Louis Blues; 3. Nashville Predators; 4. Columbus Blue Jackets; 5. Winnipeg Jets; 6. New York Islanders; 7. New Jersey Devils; 8. Toronto Maple Leafs; 9. Vegas Golden Knights; 10. Los Angeles Kings; 11. Washington Capitals; 12. San Jose Sharks; 13. Pittsburgh Penguins; 14. Chicago Blackhawks; 15. New York Rangers; 16. Dallas Stars
MIKE ZEISBERGER
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. St. Louis Blues; 3. Nashville Predators; 4. Columbus Blue Jackets; 5. Toronto Maple Leafs; 6. Winnipeg Jets; 7. New York Islanders; 8. Los Angeles Kings; 9. New Jersey Devils; 10. Vegas Golden Knights; 11. San Jose Sharks; 12. Pittsburgh Penguins; 13. Washington Capitals; 14. Chicago Blackhawks; 15. Dallas Stars; 16. New York Rangers