The 7-Eleven Power Rankings: Surging Bruins climb over Predators

With a 12-2-4 record since the trade deadline, the Bruins have taken over the Atlantic Division lead, knocking down Tampa Bay (they beat them 4-2 last week) for the first time since October. 

Two extended streaks ended this week: They lost in regulation for the first time in 15 games to Toronto and their nine-game road winning streak ended in Minnesota.

The 51 wins are already a franchise best and they’re just two points behind their all-time high of 108 points. Andrei Vasilevskiy set a team record for wins (41) in a single season last week.

The Leafs extended their franchise-record home winning streak to 13 games, tied their franchise best in wins (45) and are six points away from tying their all-time high in points.

Nicklas Backstrom had four assists in a 6-4 win against the Habs on Saturday, extending Washington’s point streak to 15 games in Montreal dating back to Nov. 28, 2009.

The Penguins lost at home to New Jersey this week in overtime and at home to New Jersey in late February. In all of their other home games since Jan. 7 they are 16-0.

The Coyotes/Jets have been around since 1979-80 and have one 100-point season. The Golden Knights are in their first season and also have one 100-point season.

It’s not just the current seven-game winning streak that’s so impressive; it’s also that they’ve scored 34 goals, almost five per game. Kane has six goals in the seven games.

Saturday night was a notable one. Their win over Nashville was Bruce Boudreau’s 500th coaching win, Devan Dubnyk's 200th win and Jason Zucker hitting the 30-goal mark.

Their 10-game winning streak ended in a 2-1 loss to St. Louis. Artemi Panarin led the streak scoring with 16 points while Sergei Bobrovsky was 7-0 with a .940 SV%.

Since Jan. 23 the Ducks have been almost unbeatable at home (10-1-2). Every point is important to them now and four of their final five games are at home.

The Avs did nothing at the deadline, but they still have one of the league’s best records since then (9-2-3). MacKinnon (26 points) is the league points leader over that span.

The Blues played three straight OT games and won them all for the first time in team history. And for the first time in team history, they rallied in the third to win those three games.

Since the All-Star break, they have five skaters either above or within a few points of a point-per-game pace in 26 games: Barkov (31), Dadonov (27), Trocheck (25), Yandle (25) and Bjugstad (23).

A six-game road trip against good teams could have easily spelled doom. Instead it was the opposite as they took four of them in Nashville, Vegas, L.A. and Pittsburgh.

They haven't officially been eliminated from the playoff race, but four players are still active in the NHL from their 2006 Cup-winning team: Cam Ward, Radim Vrbata, Justin Williams and Eric Staal.

After missing the playoffs, the focus now is on whether Connor McDavid can win the scoring title. Since Feb. 1 he leads the league with 45 points in 27 games.

Clayton Keller (22-37-59) is the team’s only 20-goal scorer and tied Teemu Selanne as the only players in team history with two eight-game point streaks in the same season.

The Stars finally got a home game after going winless on the road and had more of the same, losing to Boston with 12 seconds left and then losing again to Vancouver.

It’s difficult to win games when you’re shut out, which has been the case for the Flames in two of their last four. They’ve lost five in a row and have been outscored 21-7.

Out of playoff contention for the first time since 2007-08, a 3-1 win over the Isles ended a five-game skid and also ended a streak of five games in which they allowed at least five goals a game.

The Canadiens have been shut out six times since Feb. 1. Two games after Carey Price returned they got one of their own - except it was Antti Niemi, not Price, earning the honours.

Josh Ho-Sang may be right about being singled out and sent to the minors to work on his defensive game. The Isles, who have lost 16 of their last 19, have allowed more goals than any other team.

The Canucks were fortunate to face a team having a tougher time than them, ending a seven-game losing streak with a win over Chicago. During the skid they scored a total of seven goals.

After their amazing three-game winning streak, it was back to reality for the Senators, losing four in a row and being outscored 20-7. A positive? Former Avalanche centre Matt Duchene has 23 goals.

The good news is that for the first time in 13 games, the Red Wings allowed just one goal. Bad news - they still lost 1-0 to Washington. And Mike Green is out for the season and needs spine surgery.

Any team can lose four in a row at home. Scoring just two goals and being outscored 16-2 is a lot tougher. Sam Reinhart has 20 goals and is just three off his career high set in 2015-16.