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NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, plus season-defining stats for every team

By this point of the 2021-22 NHL season, we have a good sense of where all 32 teams stand -- and what they're likely to do ahead of the trade deadline on March 21.

For this week's edition of the NHL Power Rankings, we identified one stat that helps explain how each team got to where it is today.

How we rank: A panel of ESPN hockey commentators, analysts, reporters and editors rates teams against one another -- taking into account game results, injuries and upcoming schedule -- and those results are tabulated to produce the list featured here.