{"id":85954,"date":"2025-11-24T05:32:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/nhl-ranking-team-mvp-after-a-quarter-of-the-season\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T05:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:32:04","slug":"nhl-ranking-team-mvp-after-a-quarter-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nhl\/nhl-ranking-team-mvp-after-a-quarter-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Ranking: Team MVP After a Quarter of the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Colorado Avalanche Remains on Top: NHL Standings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\nThe Alofoke Deportes voter panel continues to consider the Colorado Avalanche as the most outstanding team in the league, after another week of action in the 2025-26 NHL season.\n\nThis week saw significant changes in the rankings, including the first appearance in the top 10 for the Chicago Blackhawks in a long time, with Connor Bedard and his team fighting for a playoff spot, even though only a quarter of the season has been completed.\n\nAs part of this week&#8217;s rankings, the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of each team was identified during the first 25% of the season.\n\n<strong>Classification Methodology:<\/strong> A panel of commentators, analysts, reporters, and editors from Alofoke Deportes sends out a survey from 1 to 32 based on the matches played up to Wednesday.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1119%2FNHL_power_rankings_25_11_21_16x9.jpg\" alt=\"Ilustraci\u00f3n de ESPN\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Caption:<\/strong> Illustration by Alofoke Deportes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>1. Colorado Avalanche<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nPrevious ranking: 1\n\nPercentage of points: 82.5%\n\nMVP of the first quarter of the season: Nathan MacKinnon. Despite Cale Makar&#8217;s excellent season, MacKinnon leads the league in both points (36) and goals (16).\n\nUpcoming seven days: @ NSH (November 22), @ CHI (November 23), vs. SJ (November 26)\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>2. Carolina Hurricanes<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nPrevious ranking: 4\n\nPercentage of points: 70%\n\nMVP of the first quarter of the season: Seth Jarvis. The rising star of the Hurricanes continues to play in all situations and maintain a pace close to a point per game.\n\nNext seven days: @ WPG (November 21), @ BUF (November 23), vs. NYR (November 26)\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>3. Anaheim Ducks<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nPrevious ranking: 3\n\nPercentage of points: 64.3%\n\nMVP of the first quarter of the season: Leo Carlsson. The selection of Carlsson at the number 2 spot in the 2023 draft has proven to be correct, with the young Swede leading the Ducks, who are at the top of the Pacific Division.\n\nNext seven days: vs. VGK (November 22), vs. VAN (November 26)\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>4. Dallas Stars<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nPrevious ranking: 5\n\nPercentage of points: 69%\n\nMVP of the first quarter of the season: Mikko Rantanen. The Stars didn&#8217;t hesitate to secure Rantanen with a long-term contract, and so far, the decision has been correct.\n\nNext seven days: @ CGY (November 22), @ EDM (November 25), @ SEA (November 26)\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>5. New Jersey Devils<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nPrevious ranking: 2\n\nPercentage of points: 67.5%\n\nMVP of the first quarter of the season: Jesper Bratt. The Devils will have to face several weeks without Jack Hughes due to an injury, which represents a challenge.\n\nUpcoming seven days: @ PHI (November 22), vs. DET (November 24), vs. STL (November 26)\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>6. Winnipeg Jets<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nPrevious ranking: 7\n\nPercentage of points: 63.2%\n\nMVP of the first quarter of the season: Mark Scheifele. The Jets&#8217; first-line center is on track to surpass his personal records.\n\nNext seven days: vs. CAR (November 21), vs. MIN (November 23), @ WSH (November 26)\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>7. Vegas Golden Knights<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nPrevious ranking: 10\n\nPercentage of points: 65%\n\nMVP of the first quarter of the season: Jack Eichel. Although he has declined in the race for goals and points, Eichel led the Knights with 24 points in 19 games.\n\nUpcoming seven days: @ ANA (November 22), @ UTA (November 24), vs. OTT (November 26)\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>8. Pittsburgh Penguins<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nPrevious ranking: 9\n\nPercentage of points: 63.2%\n\nMVP of the first quarter of the season: Sidney Crosby. Crosby has led a renewed Penguins to a prominent place in the Metro Division, including six power-play goals.\n\nNext seven days: vs. MIN (November 21), vs. SEA (November 22), vs. BUF (November 26)\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>9. Chicago Blackhawks<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nPrevious ranking: 14\n\nPercentage of points: 60%\n\nMVP of the first quarter of the season: Connor Bedard. Bedard is proving his worth, and the Blackhawks are in the fight for a playoff spot.\n\nNext seven days: @ BUF (November 21), vs. COL (November 23), vs. MIN (November 26)\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>10. Detroit Red Wings<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nPrevious ranking: 18\n\nPercentage of points: 59.5%\n\nMVP of the first quarter of the season: Dylan Larkin. Larkin has maintained the momentum from his outstanding performance at the 4 Nations Face-Off.\n\nUpcoming seven days: vs. CBJ (November 22), @ NJ (November 24), vs. NSH (November 26)","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Avalanche Remains on Top: NHL Standings The Alofoke Deportes voter panel continues to consider the Colorado Avalanche as the most outstanding team in the league, after another week of action in the 2025-26 NHL season. This week saw significant changes in the rankings, including the first appearance in the top 10 for the Chicago [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1024,8922,376,454],"class_list":{"0":"post-85954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-colorado-avalanche","9":"tag-connor-bedard","10":"tag-espn","11":"tag-nhl"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}