When the goals are coming, Nashville rides the wave. The Blues go about their business, don't hit too many rough spots and address issues as needed. Louis doesn't have a lot of drama (other than Ville Husso unseating Jordan Binnington in net, perhaps). The Blues have flown under the radar despite being one of the Central Division's best all year. The team is finding its way, and the seasons to come look especially bright. Whether it's the Stars looking like a playoff contender at times, or Jake Oettinger's emergence, or Jason Robertson's, or Roope Hintz's, or Joe Pavelski dominating up front. More than 1,000 out-of-market games will be available to ESPN+ subscribers via NHL Power Play on ESPN+. This season will include 103 exclusive regular-season games across ESPN, ESPN+, Hulu and ABC. Racking up the wins lately doesn't hurt anyone's confidence, either. The Oilers' goaltending has been dialed in, the defense has been increasingly stingy, and their stars are starting to come out again. Mercifully, those feel further and further away. Man, there were some dark days for Edmonton this season. But it's Toronto, all eyes will be on the Leafs. And adding Mark Giordano to the mix should help. The Leafs have enough talent to be exceptional offensively every night, and Erik Kallgren's arrival in goal has offered a needed boost of confidence everywhere else. Does Toronto play down to its competition, or just prefer proving itself against top-tier teams? Time will tell. The Bruins just kept climbing and are now knocking on the door of third place in the Atlantic. A lesser team might have felt sorry for itself. Tuukka Rask returned and then retired after just four games. Patrice Bergeron has been injured a few times. Yet, it remains a top-10 team and legitimate playoff contender. This season alone, Pittsburgh has had key injuries pile up, COVID-19 outbreaks and extremely streaky scoring. Next seven days: BUF (March 23), NYR (March 25), vs. Where other teams might hesitate, the Lightning strike. This is somewhat inspired by general manager Julien BriseBois, who gave up two (2!) first-round picks to acquire Brandon Hagel from Chicago last week. Next seven days: BOS (March 24), DET (March 26), NYI (March 27), vs. NHL trade deadline grades for all 32 teams: From multiple A's to one F.The Hurricanes are good, and they show up that way each night. Until recently, it hadn't gone consecutive games without earning a point since November. Dependable is knowing what you are and leaning into it.
DAL (March 24), STL (March 26), WSH (March 28), TB (March 29) Regardless of the final score, Calgary is always worth the price of admission. They play a high-flying brand of hockey that's still defensively responsible, and the team's chemistry as a group jumps off the ice. New York is physical but not irresponsible. The Rangers can score goals and defend against them well. They get exceptional goaltending from Igor Shesterkin, of course, but otherwise, New York is just solid all around. New York embodies that "even-keeled" cliché every other team loves. The Panthers have won 40-plus games have the league's highest goal differential average the most goals per game and boast an enviable depth of offense (now including Claude Giroux), a solid backend (now including Ben Chiarot) and an elite netminder (in Sergei Bobrovsky). Next seven days: MTL (March 24), OTT (March 26), TOR (March 27), vs. Colorado is the league's live wire, always unpredictable and maybe a little scary (especially to opponents). The Avalanche are packed with top-end talent, skill and raw confidence that draws fans in - and then out of their seats. PHI (March 25), MIN (March 27), CGY (March 29) Points paces are through Tuesday's games. Note: Previous ranking for each team refers to the last edition, published on March 16. How we rank: A panel of ESPN hockey commentators, analysts, reporters and editors rates teams against one another - taking into account game results, injuries and upcoming schedule - and those results are tabulated to produce the list featured here. While we issue a new set of Power Rankings this week, we also distill the entire season to this point into one word for each of the 32 teams.
The 2022 NHL trade deadline has come and gone, with a flurry of deals helping to shape the rush for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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