Super 16: Bruins Still at Top, Welcome New Company at LinesMaker

Super 16: Bruins Still at Top, Welcome New Company

For the sev­enth week in a row, the Boston Bru­ins rest com­fort­ably atop the Super 16.

The Bru­ins are 20–2-1 since their 3–7 Octo­ber. The only rea­son they’ve lost those three games in nearly two months has been because of fan­tas­tic per­for­mances from oppos­ing goalies.

On Nov. 25, the Red Wings won 3–2 in a shootout on the back of Jimmy Howard’s 41 saves. In the Bru­ins’ back-to-back losses on Dec. 6 and 8, the Jets’ Ondrej Pav­elec made 39 saves in a 2–1 vic­tory and the Pan­thers’ Jose Theodore made 40 saves in a 2–0 victory.

The rest of this week’s Super 16 is pretty sim­i­lar to last week’s, with only the Cal­gary Flames mak­ing their first appear­ance in the power rank­ings this sea­son on the heels of per­haps the most impres­sive 3–0 week of the season.

RANK	TEAM (RECORD)	LAST WEEK	COMMENTARY
1	Boston (23–9-1)	1	What can be said that hasn’t been said already? Brad Marchand’s 15 goals lead the team. They have nine play­ers with at least 20 points.
2	Chicago (22–9-4)	2	The Black­hawks are 8–1-1 in their past 10 games. They went to over­time in five of those games. They have gone to OT in 11 of 35 games this season.
3	N.Y. Rangers (21–8-4)	6	Their dom­i­nance in the sec­ond half of back-to-backs has been amaz­ing. Since 2009-10, they are 25–8-3 in the sec­ond half of back-to-backs.
4	Philadel­phia (21–9-4)	3	Ilya Bryz­galov enters the Christ­mas break with an .895 save per­cent­age. The Fly­ers would like to see him come up humon­gous big dur­ing the rest of the season.
5	St. Louis (20–10-4)	5	Brian Elliott is now 14–3-0 in 18 games. In 55 games last sea­son between the Sen­a­tors and Avalanche, he had just 15 wins.
6	Pitts­burgh (20–11-4)	12	After a two-game hic­cup, they outscored the Sabres, Black­hawks and Jets 15–6 in three victories.
7	Van­cou­ver (21–12-2)	8	Their three-game win­ning streak was snapped Fri­day by the surg­ing Flames. Roberto Luongo has started 9 of 10 games.
8	Detroit (21–12-1)	4	In their five losses to non-playoff teams (Caps, Jack­ets, Avs and Flames twice), the Red Wings have been outscored 22–7. Ty Con­klin was in net for four of those games.
9	San Jose (19–10-3)	11	The once-beleaguered penalty kill has shut down 9 of 10 power plays in their past three games, all vic­to­ries. They’ve won four straight.
10	Min­nesota (20–11-5)	7	The Wild have lost six straight — four in reg­u­la­tion. Jan­u­ary could be make-or-break: they play 7 of their 10 games that month on the road.
11	Dal­las (20–13-1)	14	They con­tinue to sur­vive with Kari Lehto­nen out of the lineup. Richard Bach­man is 5–2-0 in 7 starts, all of which have come consecutively.
12	Nashville (18–13-4)	10	In very un-Predator-like fash­ion last week, they allowed 15 goals in three games, two of which they lost.
13	Florida (18–11-7)	9	Are the wheels com­ing off? They’ve lost 6 of 8, but three losses have come after reg­u­la­tion. They still lead the South­east by six points.
14	New Jer­sey (19–14-1)	13	The Dev­ils rank No. 13 in the NHL in points per­cent­age despite hav­ing the fourth-fewest regulation/OT wins. The shootout has saved them.
15	Phoenix (18–14-3)	16	The Coy­otes are 11–6-1 on the road, the fourth-best mark in the League. At home, they are 7–8-2, the fourth-worst mark in the League.
16	Cal­gary (17–15-2)	NR	All they did last week was beat the Wild, Wings and Canucks, who ranked sec­ond, fourth and fifth in the West start­ing the week. They’re 6–2-2 in their past 10.

If you have any prob­lems, ques­tions, anger or praise for this list, you can let me know on Twit­ter: @davelozo
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