Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterDec 22, 2023, 07:50 AM ET
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Another week, another new No. 1 team atop the ESPN NHL Power Rankings!
Plus, with the league’s holiday roster freeze in effect, and the IIHF World Junior Championship set to begin Tuesday, we analyzed each team’s roster to sort out the nationality mix of each club.
How we rank: A panel of ESPN hockey commentators, analysts, reporters and editors each send in a 1-32 poll based on the games through Wednesday, which generates our master list here.
Note: Previous ranking for each team refers to the previous edition, published Dec. 15. Points percentages are through Thursday’s games.
Previous ranking: 1
Points percentage: 75.00%
Next seven days: vs. EDM (Dec. 22), vs. BUF (Dec. 23), vs. WSH (Dec. 27)
Roster breakdown: 13 Americans, 6 Canadians, 3 Swedes, 2 Russians, 1 Czech, 1 Finn.
New York leads the NHL this season with the largest group of U.S.-born players, and has the fewest number of Canadians.
Previous ranking: 2
Points percentage: 73.33%
Next seven days: @ WPG (Dec. 22), @ MIN (Dec. 23), @ BUF (Dec. 27)
Roster breakdown: 12 Americans, 8 Canadians, 4 Swedes, 3 Czechs.
Boston has one of the larger U.S.-born contingencies, and it’s a diverse group at that with players coming from nine states.
Previous ranking: 3
Points percentage: 69.12%
Next seven days: @ FLA (Dec. 23), @ ANA (Dec. 27), vs. LA (Dec. 28)
Roster breakdown: 18 Canadians, 3 Americans, 2 Russians, 1 Swede, 1 Dane, 1 Czech.
Vegas has expanded its international representation over the past year. At this time in 2022-23, the Golden Knights were represented by a league-low three countries (Canada, the U.S. and Sweden), but now they have skaters from double that number.
Previous ranking: 4
Points percentage: 68.97%
Next seven days: vs. CGY (Dec. 23), vs. SJ (Dec. 27), @ VGK (Dec. 28)
Roster breakdown: 8 Americans, 7 Canadians, 5 Swedes, 1 Slovenian, 1 Russian, 1 Swiss.
Los Angeles captain Anze Kopitar is one of…
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Author : Kristen Shilton
Publish date : 2023-12-22 12:52:14
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