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Devils put a beatdown on the Penguins
The New Jersey Devils spent years staring up at the standings at the Pittsburgh Penguins.
NHL power rankings: Why can't Canada win a Cup?
The last time a Canadian team hoisted Lord Stanley’s Cup was in 1993 when the Montreal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings. Since then, the country whose national sport is...
NHL power rankings: Wild-card races heating up
With the playoffs less than two weeks away, nine of the 16 playoff spots have been clinched – five in the Western Conference and four in the Eastern Conference. Adding...
NHL power rankings: Bruins look like team to beat
While last season’s champion Blackhawks have failed to be consistent, it’s been the complete opposite for the Eastern Conference champion Bruins. The Bruins had a 12-game winning streak snapped Monday,...
NHL power rankings: When the Sharks attack...
Almost every season, it's the same story for the San Jose Sharks: Make the playoffs easily then succumb much earlier than they hoped. In four of the past six seasons,...
NHL power rankings: Kings showing they can rule again
In a stacked Western Conference, there are a handful of legitimate Stanley Cup contenders. It took awhile, but the Kings finally are playing like one of them. Two years ago,...
NHL power rankings: Best & worst of the trade deadline
Wednesday’s NHL trade deadline ended with lots of faces in new places, after plenty of questionable moves. Here are the league's biggest winners and losers from the swap-fest, with our...
NHL Power Rankings: Life after the Olympic break
The Olympic Break has come and gone, as Canada again claimed gold. One of the other big storylines was the number of NHL players who got injured. The biggest was...
NHL power rankings: Not the same old Jets
Sometimes, coaching changes are made just to stir things up in hopes that a struggling team will turn it around, even if the coach did nothing to merit being fired....
NHL Power Rankings: What's wrong with the Blackhawks?
After last season’s wire-to-wire run to the Stanley Cup title, the Blackhawks were among the favorites to win the trophy again in 2014. After they started off well, there have...
NHL Power Rankings: Columbus with another surprise playoff push
On the final day of the 48-game strike-shortened season last year, the Columbus Blue Jackets missed the playoffs because of a tiebreaker after finishing even with the eighth-seeded Wild. Their...
NHL power rankings: Blues totally in rhythm
Playing in the same division as the Blackhawks and in the same conference as the red-hot Ducks has made the Blues less noticeable than those teams, but man, are they...
NHL Power Rankings: Flyers have figured it out
At one point this season, the Flyers were 1-7. Captain Claude Giroux then guaranteed the team would make the playoffs. It seemed like a bold thing to say, especially after...
NHL Power Rankings: Resolutions for all 30 teams
With the New Year upon us, The Post is providing resolutions for all 30 teams with our weekly rankings: 1. Ducks (1): More home games. The Ducks still haven’t dropped...
NHL Power Rankings: Red Wings, Maple Leafs not so Classic
After a one-year hiatus due to last season's NHL lockout, the Winter Classic is back in 2014 when the Red Wings and Maple Leafs meet in Ann Arbor, Mich. on...
NHL Power Rankings: Fiery Tortorella has Canucks rolling
John Tortorella wore out his welcome in New York as coach of the Rangers, and many wondered how he would do once he took over for the Canucks. While there...
NHL Power Rankings: Ovechkin carrying Capitals
For some teams, just making the playoffs is a success. For the Capitals, this used to be the case, but it's not an acceptable standard anymore. The Capitals have made...
NHL Power Rankings: Islanders sinking fast
For a team that hadn’t made the playoffs in six seasons, the Islanders sure looked last season like a team that could contend for the Stanley Cup in the near future after...
NHL Power Rankings: Chicago has most to be thankful for
With Thanksgiving upon us, this week’s rankings tell us what each of the 30 teams has to be thankful for. 1. Blackhawks (1): … are thankful for a lot of things,...
NHL Power Rankings: What's wrong with the Red Wings?
The Red Wings haven’t missed the playoffs since 1991, and while it’s early, things aren’t looking pretty right now. Let’s start out by saying, if the playoffs started today, yes,...