The Lightning are Keith Magnuson Authentic Jersey first in the Super 16 for the fifth consecutive week and the unanimous
No. 1 for the second time this season. They also were ranked first by
all 13 NHL.com staff members who participate in the weekly rankings on
Oct. 26.
It's no surprise that the Lightning are No. 1 again. They lead the NHL
in wins (14), points (30) and goals per game (3.89). They also are
second on the power play (28.6 percent) and eighth on the penalty kill
(84.1 percent).
Individually, Marcus Kruger Authentic Jersey center Steven Stamkos leads the League with 31 points, and right wing
Nikita Kucherov is second with 30. Stamkos has the most assists in the
NHL (23), and Kucherov has the most goals (16).The St. Louis Blues and
Los Angeles Kings remained No. 2 and 3 for the third straight week. The
New Jersey Devils moved up from No. 7 to No. 4.
To create the weekly Super 16, each participating NHL.com staff member
puts together his or her version of what they think the Super 16 should
look like. Those are submitted and a point total gets assigned to each.
The team picked Marian Hossa Authentic Jersey first is given 16 points, second gets 15, third gets 14 and so on down
to No. 16, which gets one point.
Check out how the rankings came together once the math was finished this
week, and be sure to stay for the information about each team:The
Lightning have scored on the power play in four straight games and in 15
of their 18 games. They haven't allowed a power-play goal in six
straight games. They also have at least a point in eight straight road
games (7-0-1) and are coming off their first road sweep of the three
California teams since Dec. 4-7, 1994.Hit: Anze Kopitar has three goals
and eight assists during an NHL career-high nine-game point streak.
Miss: The Kings have Martin Havlat Authentic Jersey blown a lead in each of their past two games, including in a 3-2 loss
to the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday when they went ahead 2-0 early in
the first period.Hit: The Devils have been a strong comeback team. They
are tied with the Blues for the best winning percentage in the League
when allowing the first goal (.625); they each are 5-3-0 in those games.
New Jersey leads the League for the most wins in games they trail
entering the third period (three).
Miss: Forward Marcus Johansson remains out with a concussion. He is on
injured reserve and has missed the past six games. Defenseman Mirco
Mueller will have surgery to repair a broken left clavicle Thursday.
