Super 16: Hurricanes reclaim No. 1; Jets replace Ducks in power rankings

The Carolina Hurricanes are back in the top spot of the weekly NHL.com Super 16 power rankings after being knocked down to No. 2 last week by the Florida Panthers.

The Panthers are No. 4 this week after a 5-1 loss to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday. The Colorado Avalanche are up to No. 2 and the Tampa Bay Lightning are No. 3 for a second straight week.
The Nashville Predators are down five spots to No. 12, and the Winnipeg Jets replaced the Anaheim Ducks, getting in this week at No. 16.
To create the 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. Carolina Hurricanes (26-8-2)

Total points: 211
Last week: No. 2
The Hurricanes had their streak of 35 consecutive successful penalty kills end in the first period of a 7-1 win against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. It was the first power-play goal they allowed since Dec. 7 and they fell one successful PK short of tying their record for consecutive kills, previously accomplished twice (2000-01, 2015-16).

2. Colorado Avalanche (26-8-3)

Total points: 202
Last week: No. 4
The Avalanche have won 14 consecutive home games since Nov. 11, the longest home winning streak in their history and longest in the NHL since the Washington Capitals won 15 straight in 2016-17.

3. Tampa Bay Lightning (27-9-5)

Total points: 198
Last week: No. 3
Victor Hedman leads NHL defensemen with 43 points (nine goals, 34 assists) in 41 games, including seven points (two goals, five assists) in a four-game point streak. Forward Steven Stamkos has scored seven points (three goals, four assists) in a four-game point streak. Not surprisingly, the Lightning have won four games in a row.

4. Florida Panthers (26-8-5)

Total points: 197
Last week: No. 1
Florida's four-game winning streak and nine-game point streak (8-0-1) ended Tuesday. The Panthers are 5-5-5 on the road and 21-3-0 at home. Six of their next eight games are away from FLA Live Arena.

5. Toronto Maple Leafs (24-10-3)

Total points: 155
Last week: No. 5
The Maple Leafs have the best power play in the NHL since Oct. 30 (35.0 percent, 28-for-80) with zero shorthanded goals against. They were 3-for-25 on the power play (12.0 percent) in their first eight games.

6. Pittsburgh Penguins (23-10-5)

Total points: 149
Last week: No. 6
Kris Letang has an eight-game point streak (two goals, 11 assists), matching the longest of his NHL career (March 26-April 7, 2016). The defenseman has 30 assists in 34 games, putting him on pace for 68 this season. He had an NHL career-high 51 assists in 71 games in 2015-16.

7. New York Rangers (26-10-4)

Total points: 140
Last week: No. 8
The Rangers have played an NHL-high 24 road games and are 15-7-2. They have won five of their past eight and nine of 13 away from home since Nov. 24.

8. Washington Capitals (22-9-9)

Total points: 118
Last week: No. 9
Alex Ovechkin leads the NHL in goals (27) and points (55) through 40 games. The forward hasn't led in points this late into a season since March 20, 2015, when he scored 73 points (47 goals, 26 assists) in 71 games.

9. St. Louis Blues (23-11-5)

Total points: 114
Last week: No. 10
Ivan Barbashev has scored a Blues-high 24 points (11 goals, 13 assists) in 19 games since Nov. 26. The forward has already set single-season NHL career highs in goals (15), assists (19), points (34), power-play goals (four) and power-play points (eight).

10. Minnesota Wild (22-10-3)

Total points: 96
Last week: No. 12
Mats Zuccarello has scored in six straight games (three goals, seven assists) and 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) in 13 games since Dec. 2. The Wild have three wins in a four-game point streak.

11. Boston Bruins (22-12-2)

Total points: 88
Last week: No. 13
Forward David Pastrnak has scored five points (three goals, two assists) in a three-game point streak. The Bruins had a five-game winning streak ended by the Hurricanes on Tuesday. Boston is 10-3-1 against the Atlantic Division.

12. Nashville Predators (24-14-3)

Total points: 78
Last week: No. 7
The Predators have lost four in a row while scoring eight goals, two on the power play. They won five straight from Jan. 1-11, when they scored 22 goals, seven on the power play.

13. Vegas Golden Knights (23-15-2)

Total points: 70
Last week: No. 11
The Golden Knights are first in the Pacific Division despite going 1-3-2 since Jan. 2.

14. Calgary Flames (18-11-6)

Total points: 36
Last week: No. 15
Forward Matthew Tkachuk has scored in three straight games and 13 points (six goals, seven assists) in his past eight. Forward Johnny Gaudreau has scored 28 points (11 goals, 17 assists) in 20 games since Nov. 16, with at least one point in 17 of them.

15. Los Angeles Kings (20-15-5)

Total points: 22
Last week: No. 16
The Kings have allowed 12 goals in their past two games, a 6-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks and a 6-4 loss to the Lightning, after giving up 12 in their previous seven, when they were 6-1-0. Forward Viktor Arvidsson has a five-game point streak (one goal, four assists).

16. Winnipeg Jets (17-12-6)

Total points: 13
Last week: NR
The Jets are 4-1-1 in their past six games. Forward Kyle Connor has scored two points in three of his past five and leads Winnipeg in multipoint games (12), goals (21), assists (18), points (39) and power-play points (11).

Others receiving points:Anaheim Ducks 7, San Jose Sharks 6, Vancouver Canucks 3, Edmonton Oilers 1
Dropped out:Ducks (No. 14)

HERE'S HOW WE RANKED 'EM

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