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NHL Power Rankings: Carey Price Carries Montreal to Top

By Ryan Ritchie

Oct 22, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Bruins center Ryan Spooner (not pictured) scores a goal past Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price (31) during the third period at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 22, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Bruins center Ryan Spooner (not pictured) scores a goal past Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price (31) during the third period at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 25, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov (86) is greeted by forward Steve Stamkos (91) and defenseman Anton Stralman (6) after scoring against the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 7-3 win at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 25, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov (86) is greeted by forward Steve Stamkos (91) and defenseman Anton Stralman (6) after scoring against the Toronto Maple Leafs in a 7-3 win at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports /

Previous Ranking: 2 (-)

Team Record: (5-1-0)

Player of the Week: Steven Stamkos (3gp 3g 2a 5pts)

Special Teams

PP: (7-for-23) 30.4 percent (3rd)
PK: (2-for-17) 88.2 percent (9th)

Goaltending

Ben Bishop put up a stinker against the Avs last Thursday allowing four goals on 16 shots. It made way for Andrei Vasilevskiy to step in against Ottawa on Saturday, and the Russian netminder delivered stopping 27 of 28 shots for the win. Coach Jon Cooper went back to Bishop on Tuesday night in Toronto, which led to his best performance of the early season as he stopped 40 of 43 shots in a decisive 7-3 win.

Defense

On the blue line, Victor Hedman had a quiet week on the score sheet with a lone goal, but still played well logging top minutes. The performers of the week on the back end were actually Anton Stralman and Andrej Sustr. Both had a pair of helpers and a combined +3 plus/minus rating.

Forwards

While Steven Stamkos took home POW honors for his four-point performance versus his hometown Maple Leafs, it was another Lightning player who continues to provide a high level of consistency through the first two weeks. Valtteri Filppula had a goal and an assist with a +3 rating bringing him up to five points in six games, making him arguably Tampa Bay’s best player thus far. Another big performer over the past seven days was Russian forward Vladislav Namestnikov who had back-to-back one goal, one assist, multi-point games. He now has four points in six games.

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