After an interesting trade deadline here is an in depth look at how teams performed in week 4 compared to week 3 and see who the trade deadline winners and losers are.
Below you will see each teams’ stats for Week 3 and Week 4, then under that is a table that shows the difference between each week’s performance (Green means good, red means bad).
The west showing strides of improvement and consistency having 4 of the 5 best records this week. Colorado being the most impressive getting 5 wins and 12 points. Carolina having 3 FF’s on Friday drops them down quite a bit compared to Week 3.
This table shows the difference between wins, losses, etc.. from Week 3 to Week 4.
Sharks, Avalanche, and Kings showing the most improvement this week.
Sabres had a better record than last week but their offense scored 12 goals less than the week before.
Leafs managed to get 1 more point than last week after being sellers at the deadline.
Flyers, Knights, Capitals, and Flames all had a consistent Week 4 compared to Week 3.
Hurricanes with their 3 FF losses and lower offensive numbers showing the biggest drop.
Here are the Power Rankings for Week 4:
| POWER RANKINGS | ||||
| RANK | TEAM | WK 3 | DIFF | RECAP |
| 1 | Calgary Flames | 2 | +1 | Calgary continues to show dominance this week posting a 7-2-0 record and passing Philadelphia for 1st in the league. They’ve also secured a playoff spot since they are 33pts ahead of last place Vegas. |
| 2 | Philadelphia Flyers | 3 | +1 | Flyers lose their top spot in the league to the Flames, but they remain top dog in the East. Posting a 5-3-1 record this week is still fairly basic for them, but their weak availability on Thursdays is a huge reason for the issues they’ve been having as of late. The flyers have secured a playoff spot over the last place Leafs. |
| 3 | San Jose Sharks | 4 | +1 | The Sharks had a nice bounce back week going 7-1-1 to bump them up a spot in this week’s power rankings. They tightened it up again on the defensive side of the ice allowing 18 goals less than last week. Shout out to Fishhure for taking over the league lead in goals and points as well. The Sharks have clinched a playoff spot being 30pts ahead of Vegas. |
| 4 | Carolina Hurricanes | 1 | -3 | This Carolina team a 3-2-1 week going until Friday where they didn’t show up for their games and took 3 FF L’s to slide down into 4th in the power rankings. Their offense took a little bit of a break as well scoring 3 goals less per game compared to week 3. All those things put together bumped these guys down into the 4th spot this week. They’ll need everyone to show up for all games this week as they only sit 4pts ahead of Toronto for a playoff spot. |
| 5 | Buffalo Sabres | 5 | 0 | These Sabres are a mystery to me still… They have the talent, but they have yet to put one real good week together like they are capable of. They went 4-4-1 this week and seemed to have solved their G problem, but they never managed to score more than 4 goals in any of their games this week. They’ll need to find a bit more offense heading into these last 9 games to ensure they make playoffs. They currently sit 3pts ahead of Toronto. |
| 6 | Colorado Avalanche | 9 | +3 | Colorado found some new life this week going 5-2-2 which is their best week this season and have put a nice buffer between them and Vegas for that final playoff spot. Sure, one of those wins was a FF win against Carolina, but they also got wins against Calgary and Philadelphia. Being 10pts ahead of Vegas is a nice spot to be in going into the final 9 games. |
| 7 | Los Angeles Kings | 7 | 0 | LA went 5-4-0 this week which could be their best week of the season. They’ve got a 13pt lead over Vegas which almost clinches them their playoff berth. With big wins over Carolina and Philadelphia this week keep an eye on these guys to play an upset card for those East teams who are still battling for a spot. This LA team needs to focus in on their Special Teams though, as they have the worst PP and PK in the league. |
| 8 | Washington Capitals | 6 | -2 | Another 4-5-0 week for the Caps, these guys have been back and forth with 5-4 and 4-5 weeks. I hope these guys do make playoffs though and try to play the upset card. They sit only 1pt ahead of Toronto so they better get their heads out of their asses and get shit done this week. |
| 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 8 | -1 | Although Toronto ended up being sellers at the deadline, they still put a respectable 4-4-1 record. All their games were close this week except for 2 which were against stronger teams. Although they sit 1pt out of the playoff picture I wouldn’t count these guys out just yet, they still have a lot of fight in them. I’d be worried if I was Washington, making 0 trades and still lose out to a team that sold at the deadline would be a tough look…. |
| 10 | Vegas Golden Knights | 10 | 0 | Vegas holds onto their 10th place in the power rankings with their 2-6-1 record this week. They sit 10pts out of a playoff spot which means they need Colorado to pretty much lose out next week and Vegas win 5 games to clinch (the most they have won in a week has been 3 and that happened in week 1). There is no shot these guys to win 5, but if they do I’ll make a tiktok of me peeing my pants (lispdoge reference). |
Calgary claims the #1 spot this week while the Hurricanes drop to #4.
Colorado showing the biggest jump going from 9th to 6th this week.
Heading into the last week the big stories will be:
‘Who will be playing Philadelphia in the first round?’
(My guess is Washington, with Toronto not making it in)
‘Who will be playing who in the West?’
(My guess is [1] Flames vs [4] Avalanche, and [2] Sharks vs [3] Kings).
What are your guys’ thoughts heading into the last week? Do you guys agree with me? Or are all of you a bunch of IDIOTS WHO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HOCKEY!!!
Have a great week everyone!
RandyMarsh2012