Tidy 16: Lightning unanimous No. 1, Hurricanes enter prime three

The Lightning are 8-0-1 since Feb. 22.

The Unique York Islanders made the biggest pass up, jumping 5 spots to No. 5. They’ve obtained six games in a row with eight targets against.

The Boston Bruins tumbled four spots to No. 8.

The same 16 teams ranked final week are ranked this week.

To maintain the NHL.com vitality rankings, every of the 14 taking part workers contributors build collectively his or her model of what they maintain it will look admire. Those had been submitted and a level complete assigned to every.

The crew that used to be selected first used to be given 16 points, second got 15, third 14, etc correct down to No. 16, which got one level. 

Here is the Tidy 16:

1. Tampa Bay Lightning (18-4-2)

Entire points: 224

Final week: No. 1

Victor Hedman has an support in 5 straight games, matching his NHL occupation lengthy the defenseman do four other times.

Video: Tidy 16: Lightning reclaim the conclude ranking

2. Vegas Golden Knights (16-6-1)

Entire points: 204

Final week: No. 2

Robin Lehner is working his manner encourage in direction of playing again. The goalie used to be assigned to practice with Henderson of the American Hockey League on a conditioning mortgage Wednesday. Lehner has been out since Feb. 7 due to an upper-physique agonize.

3. Carolina Hurricanes (18-6-1)

Entire points: 190

Final week: No. 5

Jordan Staal has scored 10 targets in 23 games, two extra than the center scored in 68 games final season, and 7 points (three targets, four assists) in his past four games. The Hurricanes contain obtained six in a row since Feb. 27.

4. Toronto Maple Leafs (18-7-2)

Entire points: 168

Final week: No. 3

Auston Matthews ended a 5-game aim drought by scoring two in a 4-3 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, the first of three straight games between Toronto and Winnipeg. Matthews has scored 20 targets in 24 games no topic a wrist agonize that coach Sheldon Keefe stated is affecting the center’s shot.

5. Unique York Islanders (16-6-4)

Entire points: 160

Final week: No. 10

The Islanders are 8-0-1 with 16 targets against in their past 9 games. They are 11-0-2 at Nassau Coliseum, the certainly crew within the NHL and not using a regulation loss at home.

6. Florida Panthers (16-5-4)

Entire points: 155

Final week: No. 6

The Panthers are 9-2-1 with an NHL-most efficient 90.2 percent penalty execute on the avenue. Sergei Bobrovsky is 4-0-1 with a 2.56 targets-against moderate and .927 place proportion in 5 begins since Feb. 25.

7. Washington Capitals (15-6-4)

Entire points: 140

Final week: No. 7

Jakub Vrana has scored 5 targets in his past six games, collectively with in extra time in a 5-4 get rid of against the Unique Jersey Devils on Tuesday, the forward’s second aim of the game. The Capitals are 9-2-1 since shedding four in a row from Feb. 1-14.

Video: NJD@WSH: Vrana comes off bench and roofs OT winner

8. Boston Bruins (13-6-4)

Entire points: 134

Final week: No. 4

The Bruins ended a six-game vitality-play drought (0-for-12) when David Pastrnak scored at 19: 32 of the first length in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Islanders on Tuesday. Boston has been shut out or scored one aim in three of their past four games and has scored two or fewer targets in 5 of their past seven.

9. Winnipeg Jets (16-8-1)

Entire points: 111

Final week: No. 8

The Jets were on the penalty execute fewer than twice per game in their past seven games (12 times complete). The topic is, they contain got allowed 5 vitality-play targets in that span and are 62.5 percent on the penalty execute in eight games since Feb. 21.

10. Colorado Avalanche (14-8-2)

Entire points: 84

Final week: No. 9

Nathan MacKinnon returned against the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday after the center missed three games with an upper-physique agonize; the Avalanche had been 1-1-1. Colorado is without forward J.T. Compher (upper physique), and defensemen Bowen Byram (upper physique), Cale Makar (upper physique), Erik Johnson (upper physique) and Conor Timmins (upper physique).

11. Pittsburgh Penguins (15-9-1)

Entire points: 69

Final week: No. 15

The Penguins contain obtained three games in a row, scoring as a minimum four targets in every, and contain scored 21 targets worthwhile four of 5. Center Evgeni Malkin has scored seven points (two targets, 5 assists) in his past 5 games and 12 points (three targets, 9 assists) in 11 games since Feb. 18.

12. Minnesota Wild (15-8-1)

Entire points: 67

Final week: No. 12

Rookie forward Kirill Kaprizov has 5 multipoint games, collectively with four in his past 11 games. Three Wild rookies had extra multipoint games in a season than Kaprizov: Kurtis Foster (seven, 2005-06), Ryan Donato (six, 2018-19), and Marian Gaborik (six, 2000-01).

13. St. Louis Blues (14-8-4)

Entire points: 63

Final week: No. 14

Vladimir Tarasenko has an support and 5 shots on aim in two games since the forward returned after missing the first 24 games rehabbing from offseason shoulder surgery. Center Ryan O’Reilly has scored six points in his past three games (one aim, 5 assists).

14. Philadelphia Flyers (13-7-3)

Entire points: 54

Final week: No. 11

James van Riemsdyk scored his 11th aim in his 23rd game of the season, a 5-4 shootout get rid of against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. The forward did not ranking his 11th aim final season unless his 36th game. He is tied for the Flyers lead with forward Joel Farabee, who has scored his 11 targets at even power.

15. Edmonton Oilers (17-11-0)

Entire points: 43

Final week: No. 16

Connor McDavid has scored as a minimum two points against every of the opposite six teams within the Scotia North Division, and as a minimum one aim against all but the Montreal Canadiens (three games).

Video: CGY@EDM: McDavid takes the lead with magnificent shot

16. Chicago Blackhawks (13-9-5)

Entire points: 30

Final week: No. 13

The Blackhawks lead the NHL in scoring by rookies this season with 19 targets and 41 points. Forward Pius Suter leads the rookies with 13 points (eight targets, 5 assists), and forward Philipp Kurashev has scored 10 points (six targets, four assists).

Others receiving points: Montreal Canadiens 8

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. Toronto Maple Leafs; 6. Unique York Islanders; 7. Winnipeg Jets; 8. Washington Capitals; 9. Boston Bruins; 10. Minnesota Wild; 11. Colorado Avalanche; 12. Philadelphia Flyers; 13. Pittsburgh Penguins; 14. Edmonton Oilers; 15. Chicago Blackhawks; 16. St. Louis Blues

TIM CAMPBELL

1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Boston Bruins; 4. Carolina Hurricanes; 5. Florida Panthers; 6. Toronto Maple Leafs; 7. Washington Capitals; 8. Colorado Avalanche; 9. Winnipeg Jets; 10. St. Louis Blues; 11. Unique York Islanders; 12. Edmonton Oilers; 13. Minnesota Wild; 14. Pittsburgh Penguins; 15. Philadelphia Flyers; 16. Montreal Canadiens

BRIAN COMPTON

1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. Unique York Islanders; 5. Florida Panthers; 6. Washington Capitals; 7. Toronto Maple Leafs; 8. Winnipeg Jets; 9. Minnesota Wild; 10. Pittsburgh Penguins; 11. Boston Bruins; 12. Philadelphia Flyers; 13. St. Louis Blues; 14. Colorado Avalanche; 15. Edmonton Oilers; 16. Chicago Blackhawks

NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA

1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. Florida Panthers; 5. Toronto Maple Leafs; 6. Unique York Islanders; 7. Washington Capitals; 8. Winnipeg Jets; 9. Boston Bruins; 10. Minnesota Wild; 11. Philadelphia Flyers; 12. Pittsburgh Penguins; 13. St. Louis Blues; 14. Colorado Avalanche; 15. Edmonton Oilers; 16. Montreal Canadiens

TOM GULITTI

1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Carolina Hurricanes; 3. Vegas Golden Knights; 4. Florida Panthers; 5. Unique York Islanders; 6. Toronto Maple Leafs; 7. Washington Capitals; 8. Boston Bruins; 9. Minnesota Wild; 10. Winnipeg Jets; 11. Pittsburgh Penguins; 12. Philadelphia Flyers; 13. St. Louis Blues; 14. Colorado Avalanche; 15. Edmonton Oilers; 16. Chicago Blackhawks

ADAM KIMELMAN

1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Unique York Islanders; 4. Toronto Maple Leafs; 5. Winnipeg Jets; 6. Carolina Hurricanes; 7. Colorado Avalanche; 8. Florida Panthers; 9. Washington Capitals; 10. Minnesota Wild; 11. Boston Bruins; 12. St. Louis Blues; 13. Pittsburgh Penguins; 14. Edmonton Oilers; 15. Philadelphia Flyers; 16. Chicago Blackhawks

ROBERT LAFLAMME

1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Toronto Maple Leafs; 4. Carolina Hurricanes; 5. Florida Panthers; 6. Washington Capitals; 7. Boston Bruins; 8. Unique York Islanders; 9. Winnipeg Jets; 10. Colorado Avalanche; 11. St. Louis Blues; 12. Chicago Blackhawks; 13. Pittsburgh Penguins; 14. Edmonton Oilers; 15. Philadelphia Flyers; 16. Minnesota Wild

MIKE G. MORREALE

1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Carolina Hurricanes; 3. Vegas Golden Knights; 4. Unique York Islanders; 5. Florida Panthers; 6. Washington Capitals; 7. Toronto Maple Leafs; 8. Chicago Blackhawks; 9. St. Louis Blues; 10. Boston Bruins; 11. Winnipeg Jets; 12. Pittsburgh Penguins; 13. Philadelphia Flyers; 14. Minnesota Wild; 15. Colorado Avalanche; 16. Edmonton Oilers

TRACEY MYERS

1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Carolina Hurricanes; 3. Toronto Maple Leafs; 4. Unique York Islanders; 5. Vegas Golden Knights; 6. Washington Capitals; 7. Florida Panthers; 8. Boston Bruins; 9. Winnipeg Jets; 10. St. Louis Blues; 11. Edmonton Oilers; 12. Pittsburgh Penguins; 13. Minnesota Wild; 14. Chicago Blackhawks; 15. Colorado Avalanche; 16. Philadelphia Flyers

BILL PRICE

1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. Boston Bruins; 5. Unique York Islanders; 6. Colorado Avalanche; 7. Toronto Maple Leafs; 8. Washington Capitals; 9. Florida Panthers; 10. Pittsburgh Penguins; 11. Philadelphia Flyers; 12. Minnesota Wild; 13. Winnipeg Jets; 14. Chicago Blackhawks; 15. St. Louis Blues; 16. Edmonton Oilers

SHAWN P. ROARKE

1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. Boston Bruins; 5. Unique York Islanders; 6. Toronto Maple Leafs; 7. Washington Capitals; 8. Winnipeg Jets; 9. Florida Panthers; 10. Colorado Avalanche; 11. Pittsburgh Penguins; 12. St. Louis Blues; 13. Philadelphia Flyers; 14. Minnesota Wild; 15. Chicago Blackhawks; 16. Edmonton Oilers

DAN ROSEN

1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Carolina Hurricanes; 4. Unique York Islanders; 5. Toronto Maple Leafs; 6. Florida Panthers; 7. Winnipeg Jets; 8. Washington Capitals; 9. Boston Bruins; 10. Minnesota Wild; 11. Colorado Avalanche; 12. Pittsburgh Penguins; 13. Philadelphia Flyers; 14. St. Louis Blues; 15. Edmonton Oilers; 16. Montreal Canadiens

DAVID SATRIANO

1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Toronto Maple Leafs; 3. Vegas Golden Knights; 4. Carolina Hurricanes; 5. Florida Panthers; 6. Unique York Islanders; 7. Washington Capitals; 8. Boston Bruins; 9. Edmonton Oilers; 10. Colorado Avalanche; 11. Pittsburgh Penguins; 12. Winnipeg Jets; 13. St. Louis Blues; 14. Chicago Blackhawks; 15. Minnesota Wild; 16. Philadelphia Flyers

MIKE ZEISBERGER

1. Tampa Bay Lightning; 2. Vegas Golden Knights; 3. Boston Bruins; 4. Toronto Maple Leafs; 5. Carolina Hurricanes; 6. Washington Capitals; 7. Unique York Islanders; 8. Florida Panthers; 9. Colorado Avalanche; 10. Philadelphia Flyers; 11. Winnipeg Jets; 12. Montreal Canadiens; 13. Edmonton Oilers; 14. St. Louis Blues; 15. Pittsburgh Penguins; 16. Minnesota Wild