Super 16: Lightning remain No. 1, Capitals make big move

The Washington Capitals made the big move this week, jumping four spots to No. 3 in the NHL.com Super 16 power rankings. The Capitals have won six in a row, the longest active winning streak in the NHL.

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Vegas Golden Knights are No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, for the third straight week.
The Minnesota Wild, who have won five straight, moved up three spots to No. 9. The Toronto Maple Leafs (No. 7) and Boston Bruins (No. 11) each fell three.
The same 16 teams are ranked for the third straight week.
To create the NHL.com power rankings, each of the 14 participating staff members put together his or her version of what they think it should look like. Those were submitted and a point total assigned to each.
The team that was selected first was given 16 points, second got 15, third 14 and so on down to No. 16, who got one point.
Here is the Super 16:
1. Tampa Bay Lightning (20-6-2)Total points: 222Last week: No. 1
Victor Hedman's assist in a 4-3 shootout win against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday was his 500th NHL point (110 goals, 390 assists) in his 790th game, all with Tampa Bay. He is the first defenseman and fifth player in Lightning history to score 500 points. He has scored 27 points (five goals, 22 assists) in 28 games this season.

2. Vegas Golden Knights (20-6-1)Total points: 203Last week: No. 2
Mark Stone and Max Pacioretty are first and second in NHL scoring in March. Stone has scored 17 points (six goals, 11 assists) in nine games. Pacioretty has scored 15 points (six goals, nine assists) in 10 games. The forwards combined for five game-winning goals, including two in overtime for Pacioretty.
3. Washington Capitals (19-6-4)Total points: 182Last week: No. 7
They are 13-2-1 since losing four in a row in regulation from Feb. 1-14. Forward Alex Ovechkin has scored goals in four straight games and five of his past six.

4. Carolina Hurricanes (20-7-1)Total points: 174Last week: No. 3
They had an eight-game winning streak end in a 4-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday, their longest since a Hurricanes/Hartford Whalers-best nine straight from March 18-April 7, 2009.
5. Florida Panthers (19-5-4)Total points: 171Last week: No. 6
They've won four in a row, scoring at least four goals in each game, and their 42 points are tied for first in the NHL with the Lightning, Capitals and New York Islanders. Center Aleksander Barkov has scored 15 points (five goals, 10 assists) in his past 10 games.
6. New York Islanders (19-7-4)Total points: 163Last week: No. 5
Their nine-game winning streak, the longest in the NHL this season, ended in a 3-1 loss to the Capitals on Tuesday. It was their first regulation loss since Feb. 20, also ending an 11-0-1 run. Anders Lee will be out for the remainder of this season following ACL surgery this week. The forward is tied with center Brock Nelson for the Islanders lead with 12 goals.

7. Toronto Maple Leafs (19-9-2)Total points: 128Last week: No. 4
They have lost two in a row and five of their past six games (1-5-0), and have had 10 power-play opportunities in that span, an average of 1.67 per game. They averaged 3.20 power play opportunities per game through their first 24 games, when they were 18-4-2.
8. Colorado Avalanche (17-8-2)Total points: 123Last week: No. 10
They are 4-0-0 since center Nathan MacKinnon returned to the lineup after missing three games with an upper-body injury. They defeated the Anaheim Ducks 8-4 on Tuesday after scoring six unanswered goals in the final 28:35 of the game. MacKinnon has scored in three straight games.
9. Minnesota Wild (18-8-1)Total points: 105Last week: No. 12
They have won five in a row and are 12-2-1 in their past 15. Kaapo Kahkonen has a Wild rookie goalie record nine-game winning streak with two shutouts and 13 goals against in the stretch. He has allowed two goals or fewer in seven of the nine games and one or fewer in five, with a 1.44 goals-against average and .947 save percentage during the winning streak.

10. Winnipeg Jets (18-9-2)Total points: 97Last week: No. 9
They've scored at least one power-play goal in 18 of 29 games. They've gone consecutive games without a power-play goal once (Feb. 2-4) and have scored at least two power-play goals in four games.
11. Boston Bruins (15-8-4)Total points: 95Last week: No. 8
They have scored three goals in their past three games, winning one (2-1 against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday). They have scored two goals or fewer in 11 of their past 15 games, but goalie Dan Vladar made 34 saves to win his NHL debut Tuesday.
12. Pittsburgh Penguins (18-10-1)Total points: 94Last week: No. 11
Their six-game winning streak ended against Boston on Tuesday, when they lost forwards Evgeni Malkin and Teddy Blueger to injuries. Malkin has a lower-body injury and his status will be updated Thursday. Blueger has an upper-body injury and will be out longer term, coach Mike Sullivan said.
13. Philadelphia Flyers (14-10-3)Total points: 40Last week: No. 14
Sean Couturier had a five-game point streak end in a 9-0 loss at the New York Rangers on Wednesday. The center has scored 18 points (six goals, 12 assists) in 15 games since Feb. 7, when he returned to the lineup after missing 10 straight games with an injury from Jan. 18-Feb. 5.
14. St. Louis Blues (14-10-5)Total points: 37Last week: No. 13
Vladimir Tarasenko had a three-game point streak end in a 4-1 loss at the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday. The forward missed the first 24 games of the season recovering from offseason shoulder surgery.
15. Edmonton Oilers (19-13-0)Total points: 34Last week: No. 15
They are 4-1-0 in the second half of a back-to-back set of games this season after going 7-1-0 in the second half last season. They play the second of a back to back Thursday when they face the Jets on home ice, where they have won four in a row.
16. Chicago Blackhawks (14-11-5)Total points: 14Last week: No. 16
They are fourth in the eight-team Discover Central Division, eight points behind the Hurricanes and four ahead of the Columbus Blue Jackets. They are 2-7-3 against the Lightning, Panthers and Hurricanes, the three teams ahead of them.
Others receiving points:Montreal Canadiens 12, Calgary Flames 10
Dropped out:None
HERE'S HOW WE RANKED 'EM
AMALIE BENJAMIN
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Florida Panthers; 4. Carolina Hurricanes; 5. New York Islanders; 6. Washington Capitals; 7. Toronto Maple Leafs; 8. Winnipeg Jets; 9. Boston Bruins; 10. Minnesota Wild; 11. Pittsburgh Penguins; 12. Colorado Avalanche; 13. Philadelphia Flyers; 14. St. Louis Blues; 15. Edmonton Oilers; 16. Chicago Blackhawks
TIM CAMPBELL
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. Washington Capitals; 5. Florida Panthers; 6. Colorado Avalanche; 7. Boston Bruins; 8. Toronto Maple Leafs; 9. New York Islanders; 10. Pittsburgh Penguins; 11. Winnipeg Jets; 12. Edmonton Oilers; 13. Minnesota Wild; 14. Philadelphia Flyers; 15. St. Louis Blues; 16. Montreal Canadiens
BRIAN COMPTON
1. Vegas Golden Knights; 2. Florida Panthers; 3. Tampa Bay Lightning; 4. Carolina Hurricanes; 5. Washington Capitals; 6. Minnesota Wild; 7. New York Islanders; 8. Colorado Avalanche; 9. Pittsburgh Penguins; 10. Toronto Maple Leafs; 11. Winnipeg Jets; 12. Philadelphia Flyers; 13. Calgary Flames; 14. St. Louis Blues; 15. Boston Bruins; 16. Edmonton Oilers
NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Florida Panthers; 4. Carolina Hurricanes; 5. Washington Capitals; 6. New York Islanders; 7. Minnesota Wild; 8. Colorado Avalanche; 9. Toronto Maple Leafs; 10. Winnipeg Jets; 11. Pittsburgh Penguins; 12. Boston Bruins; 13. Philadelphia Flyers; 14. St. Louis Blues; 15. Montreal Canadiens; 16. Edmonton Oilers
TOM GULITTI
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Florida Panthers; 4. Carolina Hurricanes; 5. Washington Capitals; 6. New York Islanders; 7. Toronto Maple Leafs; 8. Minnesota Wild; 9. Colorado Avalanche; 10. Boston Bruins; 11. Winnipeg Jets; 12. Pittsburgh Penguins; 13. Philadelphia Flyers; 14. Montreal Canadiens; 15. St. Louis Blues; 16. Edmonton Oilers
ADAM KIMELMAN
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Washington Capitals; 3. Vegas Golden Knights; 4. New York Islanders; 5. Toronto Maple Leafs; 6. Florida Panthers; 7. Winnipeg Jets; 8. Carolina Hurricanes; 9. Minnesota Wild; 10. Colorado Avalanche; 11. Pittsburgh Penguins; 12. Boston Bruins; 13. Edmonton Oilers; 14. St. Louis Blues; 15. Philadelphia Flyers; 16. Chicago Blackhawks
ROBERT LAFLAMME
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. Florida Panthers; 5. Washington Capitals; 6. Toronto Maple Leafs; 7. New York Islanders; 8. Colorado Avalanche; 9. Winnipeg Jets; 10. Pittsburgh Penguins; 11. Boston Bruins; 12. St. Louis Blues; 13. Minnesota Wild; 14. Edmonton Oilers; 15. Chicago Blackhawks; 16. Philadelphia Flyers
MIKE G. MORREALE
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Washington Capitals; 3. New York Islanders; 4. Vegas Golden Knights; 5. Florida Panthers; 6. Carolina Hurricanes; 7. Toronto Maple Leafs; 8. Pittsburgh Penguins; 9. Winnipeg Jets; 10. Boston Bruins; 11. Minnesota Wild; 12. Colorado Avalanche; 13. St. Louis Blues; 14. Chicago Blackhawks; 15. Philadelphia Flyers; 16. Edmonton Oilers
TRACEY MYERS
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Washington Capitals; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. New York Islanders; 5. Florida Panthers; 6. Toronto Maple Leafs; 7. Vegas Golden Knights; 8. Minnesota Wild; 9. Pittsburgh Penguins; 10. Colorado Avalanche; 11. Boston Bruins; 12. Winnipeg Jets; 13. Edmonton Oilers; 14. St. Louis Blues; 15. Chicago Blackhawks; 16. Montreal Canadiens
BILL PRICE
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Washington Capitals; 4. New York Islanders; 5. Boston Bruins; 6. Colorado Avalanche; 7. Florida Panthers; 8. Carolina Hurricanes; 9. Toronto Maple Leafs; 10. Minnesota Wild; 11. Pittsburgh Penguins; 12. Philadelphia Flyers; 13. Winnipeg Jets; 14. Chicago Blackhawks; 15. Edmonton Oilers; 16. Montreal Canadiens
SHAWN P. ROARKE
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. New York Islanders; 5. Washington Capitals; 6. Winnipeg Jets; 7. Colorado Avalanche; 8. Toronto Maple Leafs; 9. Florida Panthers; 10. Pittsburgh Penguins; 11. Minnesota Wild; 12. Boston Bruins; 13. St. Louis Blues; 14. Philadelphia Flyers; 15. Calgary Flames; 16. Edmonton Oilers
DAN ROSEN
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Washington Capitals; 4. Florida Panthers; 5. Carolina Hurricanes; 6. New York Islanders; 7. Colorado Avalanche; 8. Minnesota Wild; 9. Boston Bruins; 10. Toronto Maple Leafs; 11. Winnipeg Jets; 12. Pittsburgh Penguins; 13. Philadelphia Flyers; 14. Calgary Flames; 15. Chicago Blackhawks; 16. Montreal Canadiens
DAVID SATRIANO
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. New York Islanders; 4. Carolina Hurricanes; 5. Florida Panthers; 6. Washington Capitals; 7. Pittsburgh Penguins; 8. Colorado Avalanche; 9. Minnesota Wild; 10. Toronto Maple Leafs; 11. Boston Bruins; 12. Winnipeg Jets; 13. Edmonton Oilers; 14. St. Louis Blues; 15. Philadelphia Flyers; 16. Calgary Flames
MIKE ZEISBERGER
1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Washington Capitals; 4. Colorado Avalanche; 5. Carolina Hurricanes; 6. Florida Panthers; 7. New York Islanders; 8. Toronto Maple Leafs; 9. Boston Bruins; 10. Minnesota Wild; 11. Winnipeg Jets; 12. Edmonton Oilers; 13. Pittsburgh Penguins; 14. Montreal Canadiens; 15. St. Louis Blues; 16. Philadelphia Flyers