| CNNSI.com Power Rankings |
| Rank | Last week | Team |
| 1 | 1 |  | Colorado Avalanche |
| Did you catch Bourque at the Academy Awards? He looked a little different --
long black hair, Icelandic, thinner thighs -- but what a great
voice. |
| 2 | 3 |  | New Jersey Devils |
| They play defense, they play offense, they beat you up if they have to. And they
keep on
winning. |
| 3 | 2 |  | Detroit Red Wings |
| Lidstrom quietly (of course) angling toward the
Norris. |
| 4 | 4 |  | St. Louis Blues |
| MacInnis returns and offense springs to
life. |
| 5 | 5 |  | Dallas Stars |
| Brett Hull:
Superstar. |
| 6 | 8 |  | Ottawa Senators |
| Have taken New Jersey's whopper punch -- a 13-game win streak -- yet are still
holding on to lead in
East. |
| 7 | 6 |  | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Barber's latest challenge is to smoothly reinsert LeClair (and Gagne) while
weathering Primeau' left knee
sprain. |
| 8 | 7 |  | San Jose Sharks |
| A Petty observation: They're free,
free-falling. |
| 9 | 9 |  | Washington Capitals |
| Confident club not worried about much but the playoffs. Still, ending a
five-game slide was
nice. |
| 10 | 11 |  | Buffalo Sabres |
| They call him the Dominator -- and he's back. the Sabres are the stingiest
defensive team in the
East. |
| 11 | 10 |  | Edmonton Oilers |
| Sing it, folks: "We can see Cleary now, his game is
on." |
| 12 | 12 |  | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Playing well at home, but have no chance for home ice advantage in playoff
series. |
| 13 | 13 |  | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Straka-led win over Devils ensures that Pens' NHL-record 17-game win streak (set
in 1993) will live for at least another
season. |
| 14 | 15 |  | Phoenix Coyotes |
A
couplet:
If the team doesn't make the playoffs in
Phoenix,
Their fans will cry into their
Kleenex. |
| 15 | 14 |  | Vancouver Canucks |
| Cassels -- made of sand? Smoot center's sprained left ankle just the latest
setback to Canucks' shaky
confidence. |
| 16 | 17 |  | Los Angeles Kings |
| Favorable tail-end of schedule could mean a playoff
appearance. |
| 17 | 18 |  | Boston Bruins |
| If they reach the postseason, O'Connell should come down and kiss Keenan in
front of the whole
team. |
| 18 | 16 |  | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Ugh. If you can't beat the Canadiens, at home, in a playoff race, how can we at
the World-Famous Power rankings respect
you? |
| 19 | 20 |  | Nashville Predators |
| The best of the NHL's bad
teams. |
| 20 | 21 |  | Calgary Flames |
| Tender but talented defenseman Derek Morris remains a playoff
virgin. |
| 21 | 19 |  | Chicago Blackhawks |
| Hawks' internal friction not necessarily a bad thing -- a team that cares, and
stinks, should get frustrated from time to
time. |
| 22 | 22 |  | Minnesota Wild |
| Fernandez trying to heal up ankle and get a few more turns in net before the
long summer
begins. |
| 23 | 24 |  | Anaheim Mighty Ducks |
| Young Giguere's sharp puck-stopping a reason for
optimism. |
| 24 | 25 |  | Montreal Canadiens |
| Therrien's worked gamely and passionately with his overmatched
club. |
| 25 | 27 |  | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Neck and neck with the Wild in one race, just two wins behind the Blackhawks in
another. |
| 26 | 26 |  | Florida Panthers |
| A one-man gang that frightens no
one. |
| 27 | 23 |  | New York Rangers |
| Quitters again: They mailed it in during 6-0 loss to Red
Wings. |
| 28 | 28 |  | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| If not for Nabokov in San Jose, Richards would have the Calder wrapped
up. |
| 29 | 29 |  | Atlanta Thrashers |
| Shut out again -- this time by Sabres as ex-Thrashers winger Audette sticks the
knife
in. |
| 30 | 30 |  | New York Islanders |
| Would Constantine be Great? Ex-Penguins coach latest to be considered for Isles'
job. |
