NHL Power Rankings: Week 23

by: CoreyS On Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Total Pro Sports – This week’s NHL Power Rankings has the San Jose Sharks getting back their bite jumping back into the top 3 and the Phoenix Coyotes losing their teeth ending up with the coveted #30 spot.

NHL Power Rankings Movers And Shakers

The biggest Shakers in our NHL Power Rankings this week were the not so dangerous Phoenix Coyotes falling 4 spots to end up dead last at #30.

The second biggest shaker was the Calgary Flames and Los Angeles Kings both dropping 3 spots to land at #6 and #26.

The biggest Movers in our NHL Power Rankings this week were the Columbus Blue Jackets and Atlanta Thrashers bothing climbing 3 spots to find themselves at #13 and #24 respectively.

Lets take a look at the rest of the league: NHL POWER RANKINGS for Week 23.

Rank	Record	Change	Comment
1	46-15-9	-	Chris Osgood appears to be nearing his playoff form after posting a shutout in Detroit’s 4-0 win over Columbus.
2	45-20-3	-	Congratulations goes out to Martin Brodeur tying Patrick Roy‘s wins record as well as being named the NHL’s 1st Star.
3	45-13-10	1	The Sharks clinched a playoff birth in their 1-0 win over the Ducks on Sunday night.
4	45-17-9	1	Solid week for Phil Kessel netting his 30th goal of the season and collecting 5 points in 4 games.
5	43-21-6	1	Alexander Semin and Alexander Ovechkin continue to roll combining for 11 points last week.
6	40-23-6	3	Olli Jokinen remains red hot after netting a hat-trick in the Flames 8-6 loss to the Leafs.
7	37-21-10	-	Mike Richards had another good week scoring 2 goals and adding 3 assists for 5 points.
8	36-23-9	1	Have now won 9 straight games at home after their 4-2 win over the Avalanche on Sunday night.
9	37-26-8	1	Sidney Crosby seems to be developing some chemistry with Chris Kunitz as they combined for 13 points last week.
10	36-25-8	2	Congratulations to Patrice Brisebois who played in his 1,000th career NHL game on Saturday night.
11	36-26-8	1	Picked up a big 4-1 win over the Flyers Sunday afternoon.
12	37-21-9	1	Have lost their last two games to the Blue Jackets and Islanders.
13	36-28-6	3	Were on a nice 4 game winning streak until their 4-0 loss to the Red Wings Sunday.
14	36-28-7	-	Cam Ward posted his 5th shutout of the season in the Hurricanes 3-0 win over the Rangers last Monday night.
15	34-25-10	2	Currently on a 3 game winless streak after losing games to the Penguins, Sabres and Lightning.
16	34-27-8	1	Have gone 2-2-1 in their last 5 games.
17	33-28-8	2	Will try to build off their 2 wins from last week and create some space in what is a tight race for the playoffs in the Western Conference.
18	32-27-9	1	Somehow managed to lose all 3 of their games in overtime last week.
19	34-30-5	1	Pekka Rinne picked up his 7th shutout of the season in the Predators 2-0 win over the Coyotes Saturday night.
20	32-29-8	2	Had a record of 3-1 last week and rookie T.J. Oshie collected 5 points in the Blues 4 games.
21	32-29-8	1	Are currently on a 4 game winless streak.
22	32-31-6	1	Saw their 3 game winless streak come to an end with a 4-3 win over the Canucks, but then followed that up with a 1-0 shutout loss to the Sharks.
23	28-30-10	2	Have gone 4-1 in their last 5 games. Daniel Alfredsson and Jason Spezza combined for 10 points last week.
24	28-35-6	3	Currently on a surprising 5 game winning streak.
25	28-29-13	1	Alexei Ponikarovsky had a great week scoring 1 goal and adding 6 helpers for 7 points.
26	29-29-10	3	Tough shootout loss to the Sharks, a game in which Erik Ersberg played a great game but wasn’t able to pick up the win.
27	31-38-1	1	John-Michael Liles had a great week netting 2 goals and adding 4 assists for 6 points.
28	23-32-14	2	Were able to put an end to their 4 game winless streak with a 4-1 win over the Leafs.
29	24-38-8	-	Have gone 6-2-2 in their last 10 games.
30	28-35-6	4	Currently on a 5 game winless streak.