Super 16: Avalanche remain No. 1; Panthers, Penguins climb power rankings

The Colorado Avalanche are No. 1 in the NHL.com Super 16 power rankings for the second consecutive week.

There are minor changes through the rest of the Super 16 from last week to this week, although the same 16 teams are ranked.
The Florida Panthers are up one spot to No. 2, moving the Carolina Hurricanes down to No. 3. The Pittsburgh Penguins are now No. 7, flip-flopping with the Minnesota Wild, who are No. 8.
The Nashville Predators (No. 9) and St. Louis Blues (No. 10) are in the same situation, like the Vegas Golden Knights (No. 11) and Washington Capitals (No. 12).
To create the NHL.com power rankings, each of the 14 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 assigned to each.
The team that is selected first is given 16 points, second gets 15, third 14, fourth 13 and so on down to No. 16, which gets one point.
Here is the Super 16:

1. Colorado Avalanche (32-8-4)

Total points: 222
Last week: No. 1
Nathan MacKinnon missed his fourth straight game with a facial fracture and concussion when the Avalanche played the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, but the center could be back against the Dallas Stars on Sunday. MacKinnon scored 43 points (nine goals, 34 assists) in 31 games this season.

2. Florida Panthers (32-10-5)

Total points: 204
Last week: No. 3
The Panthers are off until Feb. 16, when they play at the Hurricanes. They are averaging 4.09 goals per game, tied with the Avalanche for first in the NHL. Florida leads the NHL with 135 goals at 5-on-5.

3. Carolina Hurricanes (31-10-3)

Total points: 194
Last week: No. 2
The Hurricanes lost back-to-back games, 4-3 in overtime at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday and 4-3 at the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday, after going 7-1-0 before the break for the 2022 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend. They are 0-for-11 on the power play in their past five games and 1-for-17 in seven games.

4. Tampa Bay Lightning (30-10-6)

Total points: 182
Last week: No. 4
The Lightning are hoping to get Erik Cernak back within the next three games. The defenseman could miss his seventh straight game Thursday because of a lower-body injury. Tampa Bay plays at the Arizona Coyotes on Friday and the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.

5. Toronto Maple Leafs (30-10-3)

Total points: 174
Last week: No. 5
Mitch Marner has scored in eight straight games. The forward is the fifth player in Maple Leafs history to score in at least eight in a row. He is tied for the third-longest goal-scoring streak in the NHL since 1993-94, trailing Teemu Selanne (11 games in 1997-98 with the Anaheim Ducks) and Jaromir Jagr (nine games in 1996-97 with the Pittsburgh Penguins).

6. New York Rangers (30-13-4)

Total points: 143
Last week: No. 6
The Rangers are off until Feb. 15, a home game against the Boston Bruins. They should have Adam Fox in the lineup. The Norris Trophy winner voted as the best defenseman in the NHL last season missed three games before the All-Star break because of an upper-body injury and was activated off injured reserve Wednesday. Fox scored 47 points (seven goals, 40 assists) in 44 games.

7. Pittsburgh Penguins (28-11-8)

Total points: 140
Last week: No. 8
Sidney Crosby's next goal will be the 500th of his NHL career. The center has scored 17 points (eight goals, nine assists) in 11 games since Jan. 15, including the game-winning goal on the power play in a 4-2 win against the Bruins on Tuesday.

8. Minnesota Wild (28-11-3)

Total points: 134
Last week: No. 7
The Wild play three of their next four games at home, where they are 14-3-1 this season. They have played 18 home games, counting the 2022 Discover NHL Winter Classic at Target Field (a 6-4 loss to the St. Louis Blues). Only the Calgary Flames (16) have played fewer. The Wild play 17 of their last 25 games at home.

9. Nashville Predators (28-15-4)

Total points: 102
Last week: No. 10
Nashville has seven players who have scored at least 10 goals and five who have scored at least 34 points.

10. St. Louis Blues (26-13-5)

Total points: 100
Last week: No. 9
The Blues have had 11 days off. They host the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.

11. Vegas Golden Knights (28-17-3)

Total points: 87
Last week: No. 12
The Golden Knights won three in a row and were 5-1-1 in seven games since Jan. 20 before losing 6-0 to the Calgary Flames on Wednesday.

12. Washington Capitals (25-14-9)

Total points: 64
Last week: No. 11
The Capitals are 5-8-2 in 15 games since Jan. 2. They're 16.7 percent on the power play and 68.3 percent on the penalty kill and allowing 3.27 goals per game while scoring 2.67. Washington lost 5-4 to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.

13. Boston Bruins (26-15-3)

Total points: 60
Last week: No. 13
Bruins center Patrice Bergeron won't play against the Hurricanes on Thursday because of an upper-body injury sustained Tuesday. Forward Brad Marchand was suspended for six games by the NHL Department of Player Safety on Wednesday for roughing and high-sticking Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry.

14. Calgary Flames (24-13-6)

Total points: 44
Last week: No. 14
Calgary began a stretch of seven straight home games in 13 days with a 6-0 win against Vegas on Wednesday. The Flames started a run of 40 games in 80 days to close the season.

15. Los Angeles Kings (24-16-7)

Total points: 25
Last week: No. 15
The Kings are off until Feb. 15, when they host the Edmonton Oilers. They were 4-0-2 during a season-long six-game road trip before the break.

16. Anaheim Ducks (23-16-9)

Total points: 18
Last week: No. 16
Troy Terry scored five points (three goals, two assists) in his past four games. The forward has NHL career highs in points (41), goals (25) and assists (16). The Ducks are 4-0-2 in their past six games.
Others receiving points:Dallas Stars 6, Edmonton Oilers 4, Vancouver Canucks 1
Dropped out:None

HERE'S HOW WE RANKED 'EM

AMALIE BENJAMIN
1. Colorado Avalanche; 2. Carolina Hurricanes; 3. Florida Panthers; 4. Tampa Bay Lightning; 5. Toronto Maple Leafs; 6. Minnesota Wild; 7. Pittsburgh Penguins; 8. St. Louis Blues; 9. New York Rangers; 10. Boston Bruins; 11. Nashville Predators; 12. Washington Capitals; 13. Vegas Golden Knights; 14. Calgary Flames; 15. Los Angeles Kings; 16. Dallas Stars
TIM CAMPBELL
1. Colorado Avalanche; 2. Carolina Hurricanes; 3. Tampa Bay Lightning; 4. Florida Panthers; 5. Toronto Maple Leafs; 6. New York Rangers; 7. Pittsburgh Penguins; 8. Minnesota Wild; 9. St. Louis Blues; 10. Vegas Golden Knights; 11. Nashville Predators; 12. Calgary Flames; 13. Washington Capitals; 14. Boston Bruins; 15. Anaheim Ducks; 16. Los Angeles Kings
BRIAN COMPTON
1. Colorado Avalanche; 2. Toronto Maple Leafs; 3. Florida Panthers; 4. Carolina Hurricanes; 5. Tampa Bay Lightning; 6. Minnesota Wild; 7. New York Rangers; 8. Pittsburgh Penguins; 9. Vegas Golden Knights; 10. St. Louis Blues; 11. Nashville Predators; 12. Calgary Flames; 13. Boston Bruins; 14. Los Angeles Kings; 15. Washington Capitals; 16. Anaheim Ducks
NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA
1. Colorado Avalanche; 2. Carolina Hurricanes; 3. Florida Panthers; 4. Toronto Maple Leafs; 5. Tampa Bay Lightning; 6. Minnesota Wild; 7. New York Rangers; 8. Pittsburgh Penguins; 9. Nashville Predators; 10. St. Louis Blues; 11. Washington Capitals; 12. Boston Bruins; 13. Vegas Golden Knights; 14. Calgary Flames; 15. Los Angeles Kings; 16. Anaheim Ducks
TOM GULITTI
1. Colorado Avalanche; 2. Florida Panthers; 3. Toronto Maple Leafs; 4. Tampa Bay Lightning; 5. Carolina Hurricanes; 6. Minnesota Wild; 7. Pittsburgh Penguins; 8. New York Rangers; 9. Nashville Predators; 10. St. Louis Blues; 11. Vegas Golden Knights; 12. Washington Capitals; 13. Boston Bruins; 14. Calgary Flames; 15. Los Angeles Kings; 16. Edmonton Oilers
ADAM KIMELMAN
1. Florida Panthers; 2. Colorado Avalanche; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. Tampa Bay Lightning; 5. Toronto Maple Leafs; 6. New York Rangers; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. Vegas Golden Knights; 9. Pittsburgh Penguins; 10. Washington Capitals; 11. Nashville Predators; 12. St. Louis Blues; 13. Calgary Flames; 14. Boston Bruins; 15. Los Angeles Kings; 16. Edmonton Oilers
ROBERT LAFLAMME
1. Colorado Avalanche; 2. Florida Panthers; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. Tampa Bay Lightning; 5. Toronto Maple Leafs; 6. Pittsburgh Penguins; 7. New York Rangers; 8. Nashville Predators; 9. Minnesota Wild; 10. St. Louis Blues; 11. Washington Capitals; 12. Boston Bruins; 13. Vegas Golden Knights; 14. Calgary Flames; 15. Los Angeles Kings; 16. Anaheim Ducks
MIKE G. MORREALE
1. Colorado Avalanche; 2. Tampa Bay Lightning; 3. Florida Panthers; 4. Carolina Hurricanes; 5. New York Rangers; 6. Toronto Maple Leafs; 7. Pittsburgh Penguins; 8. Minnesota Wild; 9. Nashville Predators; 10. Vegas Golden Knights; 11. St. Louis Blues; 12. Boston Bruins; 13. Washington Capitals; 14. Calgary Flames; 15. Anaheim Ducks; 16. Los Angeles Kings
TRACEY MYERS
1. Florida Panthers; 2. Colorado Avalanche; 3. Tampa Bay Lightning; 4. Carolina Hurricanes; 5. New York Rangers; 6. Pittsburgh Penguins; 7. Toronto Maple Leafs; 8. Nashville Predators; 9. Washington Capitals; 10. Minnesota Wild; 11. Vegas Golden Knights; 12. St. Louis Blues; 13. Boston Bruins; 14. Anaheim Ducks; 15. Los Angeles Kings; 16. Calgary Flames
SHAWN P. ROARKE
1. Colorado Avalanche; 2. Florida Panthers; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. Tampa Bay Lightning; 5. Toronto Maple Leafs; 6. Pittsburgh Penguins; 7. New York Rangers; 8. St. Louis Blues; 9. Minnesota Wild; 10. Nashville Predators; 11. Vegas Golden Knights; 12. Dallas Stars; 13. Boston Bruins; 14. Washington Capitals; 15. Edmonton Oilers; 16. Vancouver Canucks
DAN ROSEN
1. Colorado Avalanche; 2. Florida Panthers; 3. Tampa Bay Lightning; 4. Carolina Hurricanes; 5. Toronto Maple Leafs; 6. Pittsburgh Penguins; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. New York Rangers; 9. Nashville Predators; 10. Vegas Golden Knights; 11. St. Louis Blues; 12. Boston Bruins; 13. Calgary Flames; 14. Los Angeles Kings; 15. Anaheim Ducks; 16. Washington Capitals
DAVID SATRIANO
1. Colorado Avalanche; 2. Carolina Hurricanes; 3. Toronto Maple Leafs; 4. Florida Panthers; 5. New York Rangers; 6. Tampa Bay Lightning; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. Pittsburgh Penguins; 9. St. Louis Blues; 10. Nashville Predators; 11. Vegas Golden Knights; 12. Washington Capitals; 13. Anaheim Ducks; 14. Boston Bruins; 15. Calgary Flames; 16. Los Angeles Kings
PAUL STRIZHEVSKY
1. Colorado Avalanche; 2. Florida Panthers; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. Toronto Maple Leafs; 5. Tampa Bay Lightning; 6. Minnesota Wild; 7. Pittsburgh Penguins; 8. New York Rangers; 9. Nashville Predators; 10. St. Louis Blues; 11. Vegas Golden Knights; 12. Boston Bruins; 13. Calgary Flames; 14. Washington Capitals; 15. Los Angeles Kings; 16. Anaheim Ducks
MIKE ZEISBERGER
1. Colorado Avalanche; 2. Florida Panthers; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. Tampa Bay Lightning; 5. Toronto Maple Leafs; 6. Pittsburgh Penguins; 7. New York Rangers; 8. St. Louis Blues; 9. Minnesota Wild; 10. Vegas Golden Knights; 11. Nashville Predators; 12. Washington Capitals; 13. Calgary Flames; 14. Boston Bruins; 15. Los Angeles Kings; 16. Anaheim Ducks
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