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NHL Power Rankings: Maple Leafs Surging, a Rangers Revival and Canucks Collapse

Some things change. Some things don't.



The latest win streak by the Washington Capitals assures the latter point is true, as Alex Ovechkin and Co. remained atop both the NHL's overall standings and another edition of B/R's Power Rankings–sweeping the first-place ballots for a second straight week.



Meanwhile, there's upheaval on the other end of the league where the San Jose Sharks have made an unenviable plunge into the basement, both in the standings and the rankings.



The B/R hockey gang assessed them all from top to bottom, awarding 32 points for a first-place vote all the way down to a single point for No.