Winning Streak Sends Bruins Into NHL Power Rankings Top 10
The Bruins have arguably been the streakiest team in the NHL this season
The Boston Bruins (11-7-0) have arguably been the streakiest team in the NHL this season.
Boston opened the 2025-26 campaign with three consecutive wins for first-year head coach Marco Sturm, then lost six in a row and have now won seven straight and eight of nine.
The Bruins were 10th on ESPN’s first in-season NHL Power Rankings of the year before plunging to 28th the following week.
On the heels of superstar David Pastrnak’s 400th career goal during Tuesday night’s win vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston is now back at No. 10 on NHL.com’s “Super 16,” which ranks the top half of the league.
The “Super 16” is crafted when “the 15 voters first put together their own version of what they think the rankings should look like and a point total is assigned to each, with the team selected first given 16 points, second 15, third 14, and so on.”
The Colorado Avalanche (who the Bruins defeated on Oct. 25 to begin their hot stretch) are first in the rankings with 240 points. The New Jersey Devils (200 points) are second overall and first among Eastern Conference teams.
Boston (103 points) just trails the ninth-place Tampa Bay Lightning (111) and edges out the No. 11 Pittsburgh Penguins (97).
The Bruins face the Ottawa Senators on the road Thursday night. Ottawa was the last team to defeat Boston, routing its Atlantic Division foes 7-2 on Oct. 27.
