NHL Power Rankings Change Little, but John Tavares is 1st Star of January

And thorough.

But does he even live by himself now? Or is he still shacking up in Doug Weight’s basement?

Imagine how high his CPI would be at the wing?

In defense of anyone who might’ve doubted anything about him though, his progress from last year to this year has been immense.

Although having points banked is always nice.

(Self-promo alert) I took a look at what record each team needs to get to 92 in the East (the current pace of the 8th seed, which changes nightly).

Washington’s been playing worse ever since the coaching change (game 22). Backstrom’s injury (out with a concussion since game 39) has surely played a big role there, but they also seem to struggle a bit generally and no one knows if/when Backstrom will be back. Green’s out for another few weeks, too. I’d be very tempted to pick Florida to win the division. But well, doesn’t matter for the Isles who’ll win the division, the problem is that it’s a pretty bad division and at least two teams are likely to rack up a decent amount of points anyway.

Not too many trends to see for the other teams involved there, although it does look like especially New Jersey might have a tough time down the stretch. The Devils have only played 10 intradivisional games and in addition to the 4 games left against the Isles also play the Rangers four more times and Pittsburgh as well as Philadelphia three more times each. They also have games against Detroit, Vancouver, St Louis and Chicago left. And they might not be able to repeat their PK (92.0% save percentage thus far) and shootout (9-2 record) success. True that Ottawa’s been losing some lately, but they’ve also just finished a road-heavy stretch and seem to be quite consistent still. Also, they don’t seem to have a too busy or difficult schedule.

The intriguing thing for the Isles is that they have four games left against each of these two teams, but yeah, the gap’s too big and there are just too many other teams involved most likely. Honestly, even Tampa (19 of the final 33 at home, against rather modest competition in sum) will be very tough to pass.

My company’s logo is on the boards.

Reese (Rolston) 9th game of that table.

on Sports Club Stats too.

Note, that link is for the 50/50 score outcome (each team has an equal chance to win). For some reason the weighted version offers less big games.

Because this part of Martin’s transformation has gone under the radar. He’s been so good in that way.

And honestly, his two prior incidents was an instant-reaction elbow that a veteran would’ve gotten away with, and a very reasonable attempt to get Talbot The Turtle to stand up for himself.

but those two were the nail in the coffin.

Therefore, must not have been written by Burnside.