| Rank |
Team |
Record |
Change |
Comment |
| 1 |
 |
37-8-6 |
 1 |
Interesting move by sending Tuukka Rask back down to the AHL after recording his first career NHL shutout. |
| 2 |
 |
36-7-5 |
 1 |
Losing their second home game in regulation in January it appears as if the Sharks are in fact human. |
| 3 |
 |
32-15-4 |
1 |
Scoring his second hat-trick of the season, Alexander Ovechkin seems poised to win his second consecutive Rocket Richard Trophy. |
| 4 |
 |
32-15-3 |
4 |
Things couldn’t be better for the Devils. Won all 3 of their games last week and Martin Brodeur has begun light on-ice workouts. |
| 5 |
 |
31-11-7 |
2 |
On a 5 game winless streak and with injuries starting to mount things aren’t looking good in the Motor City. |
| 6 |
 |
30-14-4 |
1 |
Mike Cammalleri has been on fire recently and didn’t show any signs of slowing down with a hat-trick vs. Buffalo. |
| 7 |
 |
28-16-6 |
2 |
A week to forget losing 3 out of 4 and also losing Robert Lang to a severed achillies vs. Boston. |
| 8 |
 |
29-18-4 |
2 |
Tough week allowing 6 goals vs. Pittsburgh and then getting shutout by Tuukka Rask and the Bruins. |
| 9 |
 |
27-13-8 |
- |
This young team is definitely proving to people that they’re here to stay after two big wins over the Ducks and Sharks. |
| 10 |
 |
26-14-9 |
- |
With the demotion of Luca Sbisa back to his junior team the Flyers seem to be content with what they have, as they should be. |
| 11 |
 |
26-19-5 |
- |
Sabres had themselves a nice month of January going 9-4-0. |
| 12 |
 |
25-22-5 |
1 |
Great 31 days for two Ducks as Scott Niedermayer and Bobby Ryan lead the league in scoring for defencemen and forwards for the month of January. |
| 13 |
 |
25-21-5 |
4 |
Cam Ward remains on fire as he posted his third shutout of the season vs. Atlanta. |
| 14 |
 |
23-18-8 |
4 |
Just when you think the Panthers will take a step backwards they put up two big wins over the Flyers and Canadiens. |
| 15 |
 |
24-22-5 |
3 |
They’re still in contention for a playoff spot in the West but will have to put out a more consistent effort each night if they’re going to keep playing come spring time. |
| 16 |
 |
24-22-5 |
2 |
It’s clear that some sort of change needs to happen in Pittsburgh for this team to turn things around. |
| 17 |
 |
25-21-3 |
1 |
What else is there to say after suffering the worse home loss in team history 10-2 to the Sabres. |
| 18 |
 |
25-21-3 |
1 |
Nice pick up getting Dan Fritsche and a nice overtime win vs. Vancouver on Saturday night too. |
| 19 |
 |
24-21-5 |
1 |
Should be interesting to see how Steve Mason’s bout with Mono. effects the Blue Jackets. |
| 20 |
 |
23-18-7 |
2 |
The hottest team in the NHL right now working on a 4 game winning streak including a 7-3 beating of the Blue Jackets. |
| 21 |
 |
22-20-8 |
6 |
The coldest team in the NHL right now currently on a 8 game winless streak. |
| 22 |
 |
23-26-1 |
1 |
Goaltending seems to be an issue yet again for the Avs as they’ve now lost 4 games in a row. |
| 23 |
 |
22-24-3 |
1 |
Up and down season continues losing to the Devils and Flames while also beating the Canucks and Oilers. |
| 24 |
 |
20-21-7 |
1 |
Dustin Brown had a big week scoring 3 goals & 2 assists for 5 points in 2 games. |
| 25 |
 |
19-23-8 |
1 |
Luke Schenn finally had his coming out party vs. Pittsburgh with a nice assist, big hit on Evgeni Malkin and using Tyler Kennedy’s face as a punching bag. |
| 26 |
 |
20-24-4 |
1 |
Had an up and down week losing to the struggling Senators and then shutting out the Flyers 4-0. |
| 27 |
 |
17-23-10 |
- |
Hit a snag in their climb up the standings losing to the Hurricanes and Flyers. |
| 28 |
 |
17-24-7 |
1 |
Yet another bad week for the Senators going 1-3. They need to do more than just fire Craig Hartsburg to turn their season around, but it may be too late. |
| 29 |
 |
17-29-5 |
1 |
On a 4 game losing streak including being shutout in two of those games. Is it too late to pencil in a Victor Hedman and Zach Bogosian defensive pairing?
|
| 30 |
 |
15-29-5 |
- |
Definitely a month to forget for the Isles as they went 3-7-1 in the month of January. |
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