The 7-Eleven Power Rankings: Deep Leafs rise back to top spot

A three-game West Coast road trip couldn’t have gone better for the Leafs. They won all three games – Los Angeles, San Jose and Anaheim. Mitch Marner led the scoring with one goal and five assists.

After winning their first eight games on the road, the Predators lost three in a row (one by shootout). They also ended their streak of scoring at least three goals per road game with two one-goal games.

Andrei Vasilevskiy will be lost to the Lightning for four to six weeks with a broken foot. The power play, however, picked a good time to catch fire with seven goals in consecutive road victories.

Cam Atkinson earned his franchise tying (Rick Nash) fifth career hat trick to lead the Blue Jackets to a 7-3 win over Florida. They’ve won three in a row and have earned a point in seven straight games.

A current five-game winning streak is the longest for the Sabres since five in a row in the 2011-12 season. Rasmus Dahlin’s five points (1-4-5) is tied for the streak’s point lead with three other players.

The Jets continue to lead the NHL in power play percentage by a wide margin with a 33.3 rating. If they can keep that up it will be the best in NHL history – the current record is 31.9 (1977-78, Montreal).

A 1-0 OT loss in Dallas was the third time this season that they have been shut out on the road. They lead the league with 4.11 goals per game at home, but are 29th with 1.91 goals per game on the road.

The Wild returned home after a successful road trip (5-0-2) and then lost three of their next four, two of those at home. Despite that, they still have the second-most points in the Western Conference.

The Canadiens came out of Alberta with two 3-2 wins that featured two third-period goals in each game. Team scoring leader Max Domi (11th in NHL scoring) has 10 goals, one more than all of last season.

It’s rare when a team can shut down Boston’s top line but Ben Bishop and the Stars managed to do it in a 1-0 overtime victory and Jason Dickinson scored his second OT winner of the season.

The Sharks have allowed just one power play goal in their last 16 games, Joe Pavelski has scored a goal in four straight games, and Erik Karlsson scored his first goal as a Shark.

Goals against has been a problem for the Avs in November as they’re averaging 4.00 goals against, second worst in the league. Their save percentage of .869 is the worst for the month so far.

The Flames are averaging 4.00 goals per game at home, second best in the league. The bad news is that they’re also allowing 4.00 goals against per game at home.

All good news for the Rangers who have won five straight at home, are 7-1-1 in their last nine and Henrik Lundqvist moved into seventh place all-time with his 438th career victory.

The Islanders exploded for 12 goals in a two-game home winning streak before collapsing 6-2 to Dallas on Sunday. Since losing their opening home game the Islanders are 5-1-2 at home.

Pheonix Copley has filled in admirably for Braden Holtby during his injury. The Caps went to three tough places to play and won in Minnesota and Colorado, while losing 3-1 (one empty-net goal) in Winnipeg.

Craig Anderson stopped two third period penalty shots to defeat Detroit 2-1. The Senators are 4-3-1 in November and Mark Stone leads all league scorers with 5-10-15 for the month in nine games.

A very good 8-2-0 run for the Red Wings over their last 10 is largely the result of cutting goals against. Jimmy Howard is 5-1 with a .934 save percentage over that span, and Jonathan Bernier is 3-1, .933.

The Hurricanes scored two goals in the first 30 seconds of their game against New Jersey and that’s all they needed for the 2-1 win. The record is 24 seconds from the start of a game (Edmonton, 1981-82).

Vancouver’s season has taken a turn with five losses in a row (one in a shootout). Over that span they’ve been outscored 19-10. Elias Pettersson hit a dry spell with no points in the first four losses.

A fierce comeback against Tampa Bay that included four goals in 6:04 of the third period still resulted in Philadelphia’s third consecutive home loss, but they did earn a point when they forced it to overtime.

Corey Crawford took it upon himself to get the first win for Chicago’s new coach Jeremy Colliton in a 1-0 shutout of St. Louis. They’re now on a four-game point streak (2-0-2).

The Panthers ended a five-game winning streak with consecutive losses, but Mike Hoffman continues to score no matter the outcome. He has points in 15 consecutive games (8-10-18).

Marc-Andre Fleury earned his third shutout of the season (5-0 over Anaheim) but overall the team continues to struggle. When Fleury doesn’t shut out the opponent the Golden Knights are 6-11-1.

The Coyotes are having scoring troubles again, managing one or zero goals in three of their last five games. They have no problems scoring shorthanded, however, with 10, led by Michael Grabner’s four.

The Oilers started off the season 5-2-0 on the road, but since then they are 0-4 and have been outscored 17-7. Home hasn’t been great lately either, with losses in two of their last three.

Goal scoring continues to be a problem for the Ducks. They’ve scored just one or zero goals in five of their last seven games, and their 2.09 overall goals per game ranks 30th in the league.

Keith Kinkaid’s third shutout of the season gave the Devils their first two-game winning streak since mid-October and just their second road win of the season. They’re 6-1-2 at home and 2-8-0 on the road.

The Blues have been shut out in two of their last three games. Even with that, Ryan O’Reilly has seven goals in eight games in the month of November, one shy of the league leaders.

One win in their last nine games (1-7-1) and three consecutive losses have led the Penguins below the .500 mark. They haven’t finished a season below that mark since the 2005-06 campaign.

At 2.00 goals per game, the Kings are on a record pace for scoring futility. They’re projected to score 164 goals, the fewest they’ve had in a full season. The previous low was 168 in 1969-70.