The Winnipeg Jets are on top of the NHL Power Rankings as they head into the 4 Nations Face-Off break, boasting the league's best record and impressive statistics across the board. The Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs also hold strong positions, while the Ottawa Senators, Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, and Montreal Canadiens face challenges.
The 4 Nations Face-Off begins this week, so let's take a look at our Power Rankings as the NHL enters a hiatus for the next couple of weeks. Fans should be thrilled, mainly because their team enters the break with the most points in the NHL and first on our list. The Jets lead the league in goals and goals against per game. Winnipeg, by far, has the best power play in the league, clicking at 33.3 percent. Connor Hellebuyck leads the NHL in just about every important goaltending metric.
The Jets have dominated stretches like this before in the regular season – what's left to determine is if it will lead to playoff success this season. \The Oilers drop two spots, from fourth to sixth on our list. Edmonton won two of three games last week and enters the break first place in the Pacific Division. The Oilers have been as impressive defensively as they have offensively this season. Edmonton ranks second in expected goals against and top five in time spent defending in its own zone as well as inner slot shots against. Connor McDavid is in the scoring race with 83 points this season and is in the thick of the race for league MVP. \The Senators are also down two spots, from 11th to 13th. The Sens followed up their five-game winning streak with a three-game losing streak. Ottawa’s ranking on our list is more reflective of their strong underlying numbers than their record as our model believes the Senators to be a team to take a step forward following the break. The Sens sit 10th in expected goal differential and have their starting goalie, Cam Talbot, back from injury. Toronto sits 19th in expected goal differential but has proven its elite shooting talent and goaltending is more than capable of bucking the underlying trends. \The Canucks are down seven spots from 18th to 25th. The Flames have dropped four of their last five games and now sit three points behind Vancouver for the final playoff spot in the West. The Flames rank 23rd in goal differential per game and 21st in expected goal differential. Much of the team’s success to this point has been tied to the performance of Jacob Markstrom. The Habs are up one spot from 30th to 29th. The Habs dropped three straight leading into the 4 Nations break and are now six points back of a playoff spot. There was a stretch of five weeks through December and January where Montreal posted the best record in the NHL. The ceiling has fallen in and the loss of Carey Price has certainly hurt
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