To paraphrase Billy Zane in "Titanic," some teams just seem to "make their own luck," through their given style of play or the skill of their players. But "puck luck" is very much a thing in the NHL: Sometimes teams and players benefit from it, and other times the puck was just bound to hit the crossbar, like that big blue necklace was destined to end up inside the coat pocket of Rose DeWitt Bukater.
This week in the power rankings, a look at good and bad fortune in the NHL.
How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits polls ranking teams 1-31, and those results are tabulated to the list featured here.