NHL Power Rankings: Which Teams Are Lighting Up the Ice and Which Are Hanging by a Thread After a Quarter Season
Green flag: Erik Karlsson has learned how to defend
Hands up if you expected Karlsson to be carrying a higher Defensive Rating (plus-1.4) than Ryan McDonagh and Travis Sanheim. Pittsburgh has outscored opponents 14-9 with him on the ice.
Red flag: Penalty differential
No team has spent less time on the power play, which has undermined a unit that is scoring more actual goals per 60 (13.0) and generating more expected (12.1) than anybody in the league.
16. Utah Mammoth, 10-8-3
Last week: 6
Sean: 17
Dom: 15
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