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ESNY’s NHL Power Rankings: The Stanley Cup-favorite Avalanche are still the best

Week 19 of the 2021-22 NHL season is in the books and we haven’t seen teams play as competitively as they have been.

Playoff races are getting close so everyone, from teams at the bottom of the standings to the ones at the top, is giving it their all.

We saw it coming, but there was a shift in the top-six, even though the Colorado Avalanche are still the best of the best. After several months at 32, the Montreal Canadiens are on of the hottest teams in the league and were able to start moving up.