Super 16: Rangers surge into rankings; Golden Knights, Canucks rise

Welcome to NHL.com, the official site of the National Hockey LeagueBienvenue à LNH.com , le site officiel de la Ligue nationale de hockeyДобро пожаловать на NHL.com, официальный сайт Национальной хоккейной лигиTervetuloa NHL:n viralliselle nettisivustolle NHL.comiinVälkommen till NHL.com, NHL:s officiella web-sidaVítejte na NHL.com, oficiálních stránkách National Hockey LeagueVitajte na NHL.com, oficiálnych stránkach National Hockey LeagueWillkommen auf NHL.com, der offiziellen Seite der National Hockey LeagueBienvenido a NHL.com, el sitio oficial de la National Hockey LeagueSee which one of your favorite teams moved in or out of this week's Super 16 Power Rankings, presented by New Amsterdam VodkaOne voting point made the difference in the Tampa Bay Lightning keeping their hold on the top spot in the NHL.com Super 16 power rankings for a third straight week.The Lightning are No. 1 again despite losing three games in a row for the first time this season because they got 199 voting points and the Boston Bruins got 198.Similarly, one voting point made the difference in the New York Rangers getting into the Super 16 for the first time this season.The Rangers, winners of four straight games and eight of their past nine, got in with 22 voting points, one more than the Nashville Predators.Video: Super 16: Blues, Bolts top the rankingsTo create the power rankings, each of the 13 participating staff members puts together his or her version of what the Super 16 should look like. Here is the latest Super 16: Total points: 199Last week: No. 1Hit: Nikita Kucherov has at least one point in each of the past 17 games he's played since Jan. 14. The forward has 27 points (13 goals, 14 assists) and is plus-14 in that stretch.Miss: Steven Stamkos reaggravated a lower-body injury in a 4-3 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, the same injury that caused the center to miss three games from Feb. 10-13.Video: TOR@TBL: Kucherov nets one-timer off Stamkos' feed Total points: 198Last week: No. 2Hit: Forward Brad Marchand has 10 points in a seven-game point streak (two goals, eight assists). Miss: The Bruins have lost two games in a row, allowing 14 goals. Total points: 173Last week: No. 5Hit: The Blues have won five games in a row, and forward Vladimir Tarasenko could return from injury in the next few weeks. He hasn't played since Oct. 24 and has been recovering from surgery he had Oct. 29 to repair his dislocated left shoulder.Miss: David Perron leads the Blues with 24 goals but has one in 12 games this month. Total points: 166Last week: No. 4Hit: Jakub Vrana has scored in his past two games after the forward didn't score in 11 straight.Miss: The Capitals are 2-for-15 on the power play in their past six games, including one power play in each of the past two games.Video: WPG@WSH: Vrana nets transition goal after turnover Total points: 147Last week: No. 3Hit: Evgeni Malkin played his 900th NHL regular-season game Wednesday, joining Sidney Crosby (977) and Mario Lemieux (915) as the players with that many games for the Penguins. Miss: Zach Aston-Reese has missed five games and the forward is week to week with a lower-body injury.Video: TOR@PIT: Crosby, Zucker team up for power-play goal Total points: 141Last week: No. 6Hit: Tyler Seguin has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past 12 games. The forward has a goal in each of the past two games, including the game-winner in a 2-1 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.Miss: The Stars are 71.0 percent (22-for-31) on the penalty kill since Feb. 3. Total points: 138Last week: No. 7Hit: The Avalanche will have an above .500 points percentage in each of the first five months of the season for the first time since 2000-01. They were 8-2-2 in October, 8-6-0 in November, 7-5-2 in December, 5-2-2 in January and 9-3-1 in February.Miss: Colorado was 0-for-10 on the power play in three games before going 2-for-3 against the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday. Total points: 123Last week: No. 8Hit: Kevin Hayes has four scored in his past four games, and the forward has 21 goals, one behind forward Travis Konecny for the Flyers lead. Philadelphia has won four in a row, seven of nine, and 14 of 20.Miss: Nothing.Video: SJS@PHI: Hayes chips shot home for second goal Total points: 116Last week: No. 12Hit: The Golden Knights have won seven straight games, six in a row at home, after defeating the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 on Wednesday.Miss: Forward Alex Tuch has missed six games with a lower-body injury. Total points: 79Last week: No. 10Hit: Mathew Barzal has six assists in the past four games, and the Islanders have scored 11 goals in their past three after scoring two in a four-game losing streak.Miss: Barzal, a center, has two goals in his past 27 games.Video: DAL@NYI: Barzal roofs puck home between own legs Total points: 71Last week: No. 14Hit: J.T. Miller has 23 points (nine goals, 14 assists), including eight goals and 10 assists at even strength, in 18 games since Jan. 11. The forward leads the Canucks with an NHL career-high 63 points (24 goals, 39 assists). Total points: 58Last week: No. 9Hit: Sebastian Aho has 19 points (12 goals, seven assists) in a Hurricanes-record 13-game point streak, and Andrei Svechnikov has 13 points (five goals, eight assists) in an 11-game point streak.Miss: The Hurricanes are without their regular goalies, James Reimer (lower body) and Petr Mrazek (concussion). Video: DAL@CAR: Aho beats Khudobin at the doorstep Total points: 56Last week: No. 11Hit: Leon Draisaitl has 16 points (eight goals, eight assists) in his past 10 games. The forward leads the NHL with 99 points (37 goals, 62 points).Miss: Kailer Yamamoto is week to week with an ankle injury sustained Sunday. The forward had 21 points (nine goals, 12 assists) in 21 games, and the Oilers were 13-5-3 with Yamamoto in the lineup since he made his season debut Dec. 31.Video: EDM@CAR: Draisaitl pots goal at the doorstep Total points: 29Last week: No. 15Hit: John Tavares has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past three games. The center needs four goals to score 30 for a third straight season and fifth time in the past six seasons.Miss: Jake Muzzin will be out four weeks with a broken hand, an injury sustained in a 4-3 win against the Lightning on Wednesday. Muzzin is the third of Toronto's regular top-four defensemen to be injured, joining Morgan Rielly (foot, 18 games missed) and Cody Ceci (ankle, 10 games missed).Video: TOR@TBL: Tavares roofs backhander for second goal Total points: 23Last week: No. 13Hit: Pierre-Luc Dubois ended an 11-game goal drought by scoring in a 5-4 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday. Dubois has scored in three of his past 24 games.Miss: The Blue Jackets have played an NHL-high 41 one-goal games but have won fewer than half (19-8-14). Total points: 22Last week: NRHit: They are 11-3-0 since Jan. 31 and have won a Rangers-record eight straight road games, outscoring their opponents 29-15.Miss: Igor Shesterkin will be out a couple of weeks with a nondisplaced rib fracture, an injury sustained in a car accident Sunday. Others receiving points: Nashville Predators 21, Calgary Flames 8Dropped out: Flames (No. 16) HERE'S HOW WE RANKED 'EMAMALIE BENJAMIN1. 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