NHL Power Rankings: A surge into the top 10 and a haiku for every team

Yearly tradition

Sean and Dom write team haikus

Enjoy our poems.

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Last Week: 1
Record: 23-4-2
Dom rank: 1
Sean rank: 1

Best team in hockey
Basically flawless, right?
Last Dance for Stanley

Last Week: 3
Record: 19-6-6
Dom rank: 2
Sean rank: 2

The streaks are over
For Marner and his teammates
And they made their points

Last Week: 2
Record: 21-7-2
Dom rank: 3
Sean rank: 3

Hughes learned to finish
It’s over for everyone
44-goal pace

Last Week: 4
Record: 22-9-1
Dom rank: 4
Sean rank: 5

While Eichel is out
Stone is carrying the team
Guess his back feels fine

Last Week: 8
Record: 18-8-4
Dom rank: 8
Sean rank: 8

That’s seven straight wins
Same script every December
Same April? Hope not

Last Week: 7
Record: 19-9-1
Dom rank: 6
Sean rank: 7

For two days last month
We worried about Tampa
What a waste of time

Last Week: 9
Record: 17-6-6
Dom rank: 8
Sean rank: 6

One-goal game merchants
No Aho, need depth scoring
Stepan, Noesen help

Last Week: 6
Record: 18-8-5
Dom rank: 7
Sean rank: 8

Jason Robertson?
Dude hasn’t scored in six games
Dallas still won five

Last Week: 5
Record: 19-9-1
Dom rank: 9
Sean rank: 9

Not just Hellebuyck
Team is cooking with Bowness
Always read Murat

Last Week: 15
Record: 16-10-5
Dom rank: 10
Sean rank: 10

Knocking off the Leafs?
One more measuring stick win
Look out: Igor’s back

Last Week: 11
Record: 15-11-2
Dom rank: 11
Sean rank: 11

Byram, Manson out
MacKinnon, Landeskog too
Watch out when healthy

Last Week: 18
Record: 16-11-2
Dom rank: 13
Sean rank: 12

Wins in nine of 12
Ryan Hartman is back soon
Everything seems fine

Last Week: 17
Record: 17-13-1
Dom rank: 12
Sean rank: 15

Best player alive
Is scoring two points per game
The team should be better

14. New York Islanders

Last Week: 13
Record: 17-12-1
Dom rank: 15
Sean rank: 13

We’d bury this team
If Sorokin played elsewhere
Guess what: He doesn’t

Last Week: 10
Record: 16-10-3
Dom rank: 14
Sean rank: 14

Five of six losers
Unsustainable shooting
Will come down to earth

Last Week: 14
Record: 13-11-6
Dom rank: 16
Sean rank: 16

A wise man once said
“Relying on loser points
Is no way to live”

Last Week: 22
Record: 15-13-4
Dom rank: 18
Sean rank: 17

The Great Eight… Hundred
94 more to catch Wayne
He’s gonna do it

Last Week: 12
Record: 14-13-4
Dom rank: 17
Sean rank: 20

Shutout by ‘Lumbus?
Fifth in the wild card standings?
Time to panic, fellas

Last Week: 21
Record: 16-12-5
Dom rank: 22
Sean rank: 17

Just as advertised
Much needed offensive star
Kevin Fiala

Last Week: 16
Record: 13-10-6
Dom rank: 20
Sean rank: 19

Seider and Raymond
A step back from rookie year
Twin sophomore slumps

Last Week: 20
Record: 14-14-2
Dom rank: 19
Sean rank: 21

Is Tage Thompson
Josh Allen in hockey form?
Buffalo hopes so

Last Week: 19
Record: 12-12-4
Dom rank: 21
Sean rank: 22

Six Preds with 10 points
They have more goals than one team
And it’s the Blackhawks

Last Week: 26
Record: 12-14-2
Dom rank: 24
Sean rank: 23

Hopeful new owner
“Frothy, rabies-infused fan”
Has he seen them play?

Last Week: 24
Record: 13-13-3
Dom rank: 23
Sean rank: 24

Look at their schedule
They’re going to get closure
By December’s end

Last Week: 23
Record: 14-14-2
Dom rank: 25
Sean rank: 25

“Piss and vinegar”
“Hot and horny” — Hockey quote?
Or one dumb, drunken night

Last Week: 25
Record: 14-15-1
Dom rank: 26
Sean rank: 26

Two straight wins is nice
And we know this team loves streaks
Still, don’t get sucked in

Last Week: 27
Record: 10-16-5
Dom rank: 27
Sean rank: 27

San Jose is good
With Karlsson, Hertl, Meier
Anyone else? Awful

Last Week: 28
Record: 10-14-7
Dom rank: 28
Sean rank: 28

Two wins in five weeks
Carter Hart and Torts’ structure
Can’t fix Fletcher’s mess

Last Week: 30
Record: 9-14-4
Dom rank: 29
Sean rank: 29

Karel Vejmelka
Is screwing up the tank job
Trade him to the Kings

Last Week: 29
Record: 10-17-2
Dom rank: 30
Sean rank: 30

Florida winter
Sunshine, warm temperatures
And back-to-back losses

31. Chicago Blackhawks

Last Week: 31
Record: 7-17-4
Dom rank: 31
Sean rank: 31

Top pair Jack Johnson
Tank hard for Connor Bedard
Loss, Loss, Loss, Loss, Loss

Last Week: 32
Record: 8-20-3
Dom rank: 32
Sean rank: 32

This can’t be correct
A Ducks regulation win?
What’s next? The rapture?

(Top photo: Jeff Bottari / Getty Images)