The 7-Eleven Power Rankings: Jets and Habs climbing higher

A six-game home-winning streak is impressive, but even more so when you consider they’ve outscored their opponents 31-11 in those six games and are tied for the NHL lead in points with Tampa Bay. 

They lead the league in power-play percentage (27.8), with at least one power-play goal in 22 of 26 games. Nikita Kucherov has moved past Steven Stamkos to lead the league in scoring.

The current three-game winless streak (one in OT) is a first for the Blues this season and the four goals they scored are the fewest over any three games in 2017-18. They visit the surging Canadiens next.

Scoring four on Bobrovsky isn’t a shock even if he leads the league with a 2.02 GAA. That’s because it was against Washington, a team he has a career 6-8-4 record against and a 3.02 GAA.

Someone flicked a switch and the Kings started scoring again. After a 2-6-1 stretch when they scored 15 goals, they’ve scored 16 in their last four wins and have the NHL’s best penalty kill (89.5 per cent).

The Leafs had no problems sweeping Alberta on their Western Canada road trip - defeating Calgary 4-1 and Edmonton 6-4 - but faltered when they reached B.C., falling 2-1 to the Canucks. 

The Golden Knights suffered through a three-game skid but, as is their very early tradition, they didn’t stay down for long, bouncing back with an OT win over Arizona. Malcolm Subban has been superb.

The Devils might ponder a give-back on Scott Wedgewood from Arizona after he shut them out 5-0 the first time he faced them. They’re 12th in league scoring with an average of three goals for per game.

A light week, but they scored five goals in two games (losing Friday to the Senators for their first home regulation loss of the season), making it six of their last nine that they’ve scored that many. 

The Caps were halfway through their game against L.A. with a 2-1 lead, but it all fell apart when the Kings scored twice in nine seconds in a 5-2 loss. Kuznetsov scored both goals for Washington.

Carey Price, who has allowed just six goals in five games, has powered a five-game win streak. That includes a 10-1 win over Detroit, tied for the most goals in a game this season by any team. 

Radek Faksa scored every goal in a 3-0 win over Vegas, with two goals scored eight seconds apart. Ben Bishop earned the shutout and made 33 saves in a 3-2 shootout win over Chicago.

A 5-2 loss in Tampa Bay was the third time this season the Sharks have allowed five road goals. Joe Pavelski (205th overall, 2003) scored his 300th career goal, the 18th U.S.-born player to reach the mark.

An odd hat trick this week for Michael Grabner. Two goals were into an empty net, making him the only Ranger (expansion era) with two in one game. Lundqvist rebounds Friday after getting yanked Tuesday.

After falling behind 6-1, the Flames stormed back with four straight third period goals in a 7-5 loss to Edmonton. Johnny Gaudreau is third in league scoring, now just two points back of Kucherov.

Tuukka Rask earned Boston’s first shutout of the year and helped the Bruins, who were ranked 28th just three weeks ago, to their sixth win in their last seven games, including a win over the Lightning. 

Alex DeBrincat became the first Blackhawks rookie to score 10 goals in a month when he did so in November, including a hat trick against the Ducks. He’s fifth in rookie scoring with 19 points.

After a six-game road trip, the Canucks celebrated with a 2-1 win over Toronto. Daniel Sedin became the second Canuck to reach 1,000 career points on Thursday (The first, of course, is Henrik). 

Good news: Averaging four goals per game and more players taking the load off McDavid. Bad news: Allowed four goals a game with the league’s worst penalty kill (72.2 per cent).

Adam Henrique earned a point in each of his first two games, but they lost both games (one in a shootout), have just one win in their last seven and have the NHL’s fourth-worst goals for ratio (2.59).

Noah Hanifin had quite the game against Florida. He had his first NHL fight in the second period and then scored his second career overtime goal with just two seconds remaining. 

The Panthers battled back twice from one-goal deficits versus Carolina but lost in OT with just two seconds left. Their goals-against average (3.35 a game, fourth-worst in the NHL) has been a problem.

Nathan MacKinnon was tied for the league November lead with 20 points in 12 games and is the first Avs player to be named first star of any month in franchise history. 

After going winless in seven straight (0-6-1 since sweeping Colorado in Stockholm) and scoring just nine goals, they beat the Isles 6-5. The next game? A 5-0 loss. Craig Anderson is struggling in net.

They tied their season high with five goals against New Jersey as Scott Wedgewood blanked his old team. Arizona also played well against the Oilers and Vegas, losing both games 3-2 in OT.

The Red Wings lost their seventh in a row (three in OT) - their longest skid since Nov. 2013 - and also by a 10-1 score in Montreal. Fans at Little Caesars Arena last week chanted ‘Fire Holland.’

The Flyers were shut out for the third time during their current 10-game winless streak (franchise’s first 10-game skid since Feb. 6-23, 2008), 3-0 by Boston. But they earned a point in five of them. 

After being shut out three games in a row for the first time in team history, the how-low-can-you-go Sabres have the worst goals-for (2.07 per game) and the worst goals-against average (3.44).