NHL Power Rankings: Unexpected Upsets and Rookie Revelations Shake Up the Season
12. Montreal Canadiens, 10-5-2
Last week: 6
Sean: 10
Dom: 12
Remember when the Canadiens decisively won the Zack Bolduc-for-Logan Mailloux swap after Bolduc scored three goals in his first three games? Well, that’s technically still true — Mailloux has been that bad — but Bolduc has seriously cooled off since. He is pointless in his last seven and has just two in his last 13 games.
13. Florida Panthers, 9-7-1
Last week: 16
Sean: 13
Dom: 14
Folks, Jeff Petry is no Nate Schmidt. In easy minutes last year, the Panthers had a 58.1 percent xG with Schmidt on the ice, first among defensemen. With Petry in his place, that has dropped to 50.5 percent, ahead of only Uvis Balinskis, Petry’s most frequent partner. For the rest of the league, it’s nice to see the Panthers not get superstar results from a misfit toy — for once.
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