Super 16: Avalanche unanimous No. 1; Bruins enter top 10

The Colorado Avalanche, the first team to reach 40 wins this season, are No. 1 in the NHL.com Super 16 power rankings for a sixth consecutive week.

All 14 participating staff members ranked the Avalanche No. 1. The Tampa Bay Lightning are No. 2, up two spots from last week.
The Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers and Calgary Flames round out the top five.
To create the NHL.com 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 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 (records and statistics through March 2):

1. Colorado Avalanche (40-10-4)

Total points: 224
Last week: No. 1
The Avalanche got to 40 wins in 54 games, tied for second fewest in NHL history with the Detroit Red Wings, who did it in 1995-96 and 2007-08; the Washington Capitals did so in 53 games in 2015-16. Colorado has won four straight games.

2. Tampa Bay Lightning (35-11-6)

Total points: 203
Last week: No. 4
The Lightning have won five straight games, are 8-1-1 in their past 10 and 12-2-1 in their past 15. Steven Stamkos has scored in five straight games (six goals), and Brayden Point has a seven-game point streak (11 points; five goals, six assists).

3. Carolina Hurricanes (37-11-5)

Total points: 200
Last week: No. 3
Teuvo Teravainen has a nine-game point streak (12 points; four goals, eight assists), and Sebastian Aho has a seven-game streak (eight points; three goals, five assists). Aho leads the Hurricanes with 56 points (24 goals, 32 assists) in 50 games, and Teravainen is third with 44 (15 goals, 29 assists) in 48 games. Andrei Svechnikov is second with 50 (22 goals, 28 assists).

4. Florida Panthers (35-13-5)

Total points: 176
Last week: No. 2
The Panthers have lost three in a row in regulation for the second time this season and the first time the three games were at home, outscored 16-10 by the Nashville Predators, Columbus Blue Jackets and Edmonton Oilers. Florida also lost three in a row in regulation from Dec. 12-16, when it was outscored 15-5 by the Avalanche, Ottawa Senators and Los Angeles Kings.

5. Calgary Flames (32-14-6)

Total points: 153
Last week: No. 5
Since losing four in a row from Jan. 4-13, the Flames are 15-3-0, winning eight games by four goals or more, with a plus-39 goal differential (77-38), averaging 4.28 goals for per game, 2.11 goals against, 37.3 shots on goal and 27.2 shots against.

6. Toronto Maple Leafs (35-15-4)

Total points: 149
Last week: No. 8
Rookie forward Michael Bunting has scored 23 points (12 goals, 11 assists) in 22 games since Jan. 8. The Maple Leafs have not scored a power-play goal in seven straight games (0-for-13).

7. Pittsburgh Penguins (33-14-8)

Total points: 146
Last week: No. 7
The Penguins are 29.2 percent on the power play (19-for-65) in the 19 games that center Evgeni Malkin has played. Malkin has scored six power-play goals with six assists. Pittsburgh was 17.5 percent on the power play (18-for-103) in 36 games without Malkin.

8. St. Louis Blues (32-15-6)

Total points: 136
Last week: No. 10
The Blues won four in a row and had a seven-game point streak before losing to the New York Rangers 5-3 on Wednesday.

9. New York Rangers (34-15-5)

Total points: 117
Last week: No. 6
The Rangers have a plus-24 goal differential in the third period (67-43), third in the NHL behind the Avalanche (plus-29, 82-53) and Hurricanes (plus-28, 66-38).

10. Boston Bruins (32-18-4)

Total points: 92
Last week: No. 13
David Pastrnak has a six-game point streak (nine points; five goals, four assists). Pastrnak leads the Bruins with 29 goals and is tied with Brad Marchand for their lead with 54 points. Boston won five straight before losing 4-3 to the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.

11. Minnesota Wild (31-17-3)

Total points: 88
Last week: No. 9
The Wild have lost four games in a row, including the past two against the Flames by a combined 12-4. Minnesota plays four of its next six on the road before returning home for nine straight, where it will play 17 of its last 25 games. The Wild are 16-5-1 at home.

12. Vegas Golden Knights (30-20-4)

Total points: 58
Last week: No. 11
A 3-1 win against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday was the Golden Knights' second in seven games since Feb. 9. Vegas is 2-4-1 and averaging 1.86 goals per game while scoring at 6.7 percent on the power play in those games. The power play is 6.5 percent in 13 games since Jan. 24 (2-for-31 with one shorthanded goal against).

13. Nashville Predators (30-20-4)

Total points: 50
Last week: No. 14
Tanner Jeannot scored four goals in four games before playing the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday. The forward is second among rookies with 18 goals and tied for sixth in rookie scoring with 32 points (18 goals, 14 assists) in 54 games.

14. Los Angeles Kings (29-19-7)

Total points: 48
Last week: No. 16
The Kings are 18-6-3 against the Eastern Conference, and their next three games are against Eastern teams (Columbus Blue Jackets, Buffalo Sabres, Bruins). After that, Los Angeles plays 22 of its final 24 games against the Western Conference.

15. Washington Capitals (28-18-9)

Total points: 41
Last week: No. 12
The Capitals have lost three in a row, outscored 11-5, and six straight at home since Jan. 24.

16. Edmonton Oilers (30-21-3)

Total points: 13
Last week: No. 15
The Oilers are 12-5-1 in 18 games since Jan. 22 and their .694 points percentage is eighth in the NHL in that time.
Others receiving points:Dallas Stars 8, Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Anaheim Ducks 1
Dropped out:None

HERE'S HOW WE RANKED 'EM

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