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Welcome to the final Power Rankings for October. Next week, Pierre LeBrun takes over the rankings reins, which is a little like waking up to find that the extras from The Walking Dead are in charge of the operation. So enjoy the last semblance of order and logic to the weekly listings, where I once again give a nod to elite teams north of the border and a guy named Sidney Crosby, and send my heartfelt good thoughts to Craig Anderson and his family.?1. (Last week: 1)?Montreal Canadiens, 8-0-1The Habs continue to roll, racking up their seventh consecutive win Saturday against Toronto. They are the only team in the NHL without a regulation loss and Shea Weber has been a force, leading Montreal with 10 points. Three of Webers four goals have been game winners. Never mind the Norris Trophy -- Weber for MVP, anyone?2. (2) Edmonton Oilers, 7-2-0The Oilers continue to make magic with impressive play on both sides of the puck -- in spite of their 2-0 defeat at home against Ottawa on Sunday. Connor McDavid remains the leagues top scorer, and the Oilers have the Western Conferences second-best goal differential, at plus-10.3. (19)?Minnesota Wild, 6-2-1The Wild have made immediate improvement under head coach Bruce Boudreau, including winning three in a row, all courtesy of Devan Dubnyk shutouts. Minnesota owns a Western Conference-best plus-13 goal differential, not to mention the leagues best penalty-killing unit. The loss of Zach Parise, who is week-to-week with a lower-body injury, is a major one, though.4. (10)?Pittsburgh Penguins, 6-2-1I guess Crosby is OK. The Pittsburgh captain has lit it up since returning to action following a concussion. He has four goals and an assist in three games -- all wins for the Penguins.5. (16) San Jose Sharks, 6-3-0The Sharks have won three in a row, reaffirming that they are the team to beat in the Pacific Division. Last season they were the masters of the road win. This season, they are 4-0 at the Shark Tank. Captain Joe Pavelski?is second in the NHL in scoring with 11 points.6. (4) St. Louis Blues, 5-2-2The Blues keep rolling along, with points in four of their past six games. St. Louis offense has gone a bit dry, but its all about the points. Good on the Blues for retiring the number of Bob Plager, a Day 1 member of the organization. Classy move.7. (6) Washington Capitals, 5-2-1Washingtons offense hasnt exactly been Capitals-like in the early going, but allowing two goals per game is very much what we expect from Braden Holtby and his crew. And the Caps have won two in a row.8. (8) New York Rangers, 6-3-0A nice bounce-back effort from the Rangers, who were dumped by Carolina in Raleigh on Friday night but then whipped Tampa Bay 6-1 two nights later at Madison Square Garden. New York has great balance up front and continues to give little away defensively.9. (21) New Jersey Devils, 4-2-2The Devils are quietly making their presence known in the Metropolitan Division, including a big win over Tampa. New Jersey allows two goals per game on average, tied for second fewest in the NHL.10. (14) Ottawa Senators, 5-3-0Our thoughts go out to Sens netminder Craig Anderson and his wife, Nicholle, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. Anderson had left the team last Thursday but rejoined the Sens with Nicholles blessing after Andersons backup Andrew Hammond was injured --?and pitched a 37-save shutout against Edmonton.11. (5) Detroit Red Wings, 6-4-0The Red Wings saw their six-game win streak come to an end on Saturday in a 1-0 loss to Boston and then followed that up with a 5-2 whipping at the hands of the Florida Panthers. Its been feast or famine for the boys from the Motor City.12. (3) Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-4-0The Lightning have stumbled on the road, losing to Montreal, New Jersey and then to the Rangers 6-1. As head coach Jon Cooper keeps saying, you cant fall behind every night and have success.13. (13) Chicago Blackhawks, 5-3-1Captain Jonathan Toews got his first goal of the season (no, thats not a misprint), and the Blackhawks won their second in a row with a nice 3-0 effort against Los Angeles Sunday. Corey Crawford?has been holding the fort as the Blackhawks work out early-season kinks.14. (11) Colorado Avalanche, 4-3-0The Avs have played five of seven on the road and have showed resilience in cobbling together a winning record.15. (17) Columbus Blue Jackets, 3-3-1The Blue Jackets are showing backbone, rebounding from an 0-2 start. Zach Werenski, 19, has been a revelation on the blue line, with two goals and four assists in seven games.16.(7) Florida Panthers, 4-4-1The defending Atlantic Division champions are off to a disappointing start, although they arrested a three-game losing streak on Sunday with an emphatic win over red-hot Detroit.17. (26) Los Angeles Kings, 4-5-0The Kings dropped their second in a row and were shut out for the second time in two nights -- this time by Chicago -- as L.A. dropped to 29th in goals scored per game.18. (22) Buffalo Sabres, 3-3-2Kyle Okposo led the way as Buffalo came up with back-to-back key victories after a four-game winless stretch.19. (25) Winnipeg Jets, 4-5-0The Jets two-game winning streak ended on Sunday with a disappointing 3-1 home loss to the struggling Sabres. Traction is apparently not in the Jets handbook.20. (30) Calgary Flames, 4-5-1The Flames are still not out of the woods, as their 3-1 loss to Washington at home Sunday reiterated. Calgary is a dismal 2-4-0 at home and is still giving up way too much to opposing teams. It ranks 25th in goals allowed per game, even with improved play from starting goalie?Brian Elliott.21. (18) Dallas Stars, 3-4-1The defending Central Division champions are banged up, and their offense is sputtering early on, as evidenced by their desultory start to the season.22. (12) Boston Bruins, 4-4-0The Bruins came up with huge win over Detroit on Saturday with Tuukka Rask back in the fold, but their offense is in neutral and their power play ranks dead last in the NHL. That needs to change if Boston is going to be anything more than a one-step-up, one-step-back kind of team.23. (15) Philadelphia Flyers, 4-5-1The Flyers are giving up almost four goals a game, ranking them 29th, but they keep bouncing back, as they did on Sunday with a nice win over Carolina.24. (24) Anaheim Ducks, 3-4-2Anaheim finally has its roster issues resolved with the signing of Hampus Lindholm, although itll be a week or so before he finally suits up for the up-and-down Ducks. Will it help them finally get on track?25. (23) New York Islanders, 4-5-0The Islanders came up with a nice win at home Sunday, but problems still persist. Newcomer Andrew Ladd has just one assist after signing a seven-year deal in the offseason, and now there is controversy over New Yorks three-goalie conundrum. Is Jaroslav Halak?on his way out?26. (9) Vancouver Canucks, 4-4-1Water finds its own level as the Canucks have lost four straight after a torrid start. Theyve been outscored 14-4 during their current slide -- allowing most of the leagues prognosticators, who had Vancouver at or near the bottom of league standings -- to heave a sigh of relief.27. (28) Carolina Hurricanes, 2-4-2An early, road-heavy schedule has not been kind to the Hurricanes, who were dumped Sunday by Philadelphia and who have yet to win two in a row thus far -- which explains their place at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings.28. (20) Nashville Predators, 2-5-1Did we all overestimate just how good the Predators are? Its hard to argue that we didnt, as the Preds are just 0-4-1 on the road, and their offense is in pop-gun mode with just 19 goals in eight games. Nashville is tied for the worst goal differential in the league.29. (27)?Toronto Maple Leafs, 2-4-3The Leafs -- who got waxed 5-1 by the Islanders Sunday -- are following a familiar pattern of (a) not winning (their two victories are tied for the lowest total in the NHL) and (b) giving up tons of goals (they rank 28th in goals allowed per game).30. (29) Arizona Coyotes, 2-6-0The Coyotes, who couldnt build on a rare win over Philadelphia and fell to Colorado on Saturday, are 1-5 on the road and their minus-9 goal differential is tied for the worst in the league with Nashville and Toronto. Cheap Black Friday Shoes . 31, the CFL club announced Monday. The team also has yet to decide on the future of Doug Berry, who began the season as a consultant to the head coach but took over the offensive co-ordinators duties in July. 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The Mariners ace was in the midst of another top outing at Yankee Stadium, outpitching CC Sabathia in the first matchup between the former Cy Young Award winners and taking a 3-0 lead into the sixth inning. But with a runner on first and one out, Hernandez fielded a soft comebacker by Curtis Granderson in front of the mound, quickly pivoted and snapped a throw to second base for a forceout. The swift play, however, came with a price. Hernandez twice kicked his left leg near the mound, trying to get loose, and seemed to say "ouch" a few times. Not a significant setback, yet enough to cause concern. "He was feeling it," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. Wedge and a trainer visited Hernandez and left him in. Overbay followed with an RBI double that made it 3-1. After a walk and an inning-ending fly ball, Hernandez was pulled. "Im going to be fine," said Hernandez, adding hed treat his back with ice. "Nothing serious." Wedge said Hernandez, whos dealt with a stiff back this season, wanted to pitch the seventh. "I didnt want to take any chances," Wedge said. "Under any other circumstances, Im sending him out there. And I wanted to send him out there." Hernandez allowed one earned run and five hits, and leads the AL with a 1.53 ERA. "We had some chances off him, but he basically did what he usually does. He gets people out when they get on. He even gets better," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. Sabathia, who had won his last eight starts against Seattle, struck out 10 in 6 1-3 innings while giving up 10 hits. Raul Ibanez hit a two-run homer for Seattle in his return to Yankee Stadium. Granderson came off the disabled list and went 0 for 3 with a walk in his season debut. Down 3-1, the Yankees rallied for three runs in the seventh to win for the seventh time in eight games. Mariners reliever Yoervis Medina gave up a leadoff single to Chris Nelson, who went to second on a wild pitch. Charlie Furbush (0-2) entered with one out and walked Brett Gardner before Cano tied it with his double off the base of the wall in right-centre.dddddddddddd Vernon Wells was intentionally walked, Granderson walked to load the bases and Overbay hit a sac fly to centre that put the Yankees ahead. Shawn Kelley (2-0) got two outs in the seventh. Mariano Rivera pitched the ninth to remain perfect in 16 save chances this season. Granderson broke his right forearm in his first at-bat of spring training, and the public-address announcer said "Welcome back" when introducing the starting lineups. Granderson was the first of the injured Yankees stars to return to the team. Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez still havent played this year. "It was like another opening day. Nerves coming into it since its the first game of the 2013 season, to be here in Yankee Stadium since the first time last season, and all those different things ran through in terms of emotions and excitement," Granderson said. Ibanez got a nice ovation before the game from fans who remembered his clutch homers last October for the Yankees -- when he connected this time, the crowd responded with a mix of boos and calls of "Ra-uuuul." Hernandez was involved in a weird play in the fourth when he ran over to cover first base on Overbays grounder to the right side. Hernandez was called for obstruction -- and charged with an error -- when Overbay ran into him near the bag as first baseman Kendrys Morales took the throw from second baseman Robert Andino for an apparent out. "I was in the middle," Hernandez said. Wedge said he argued Overbay was already out before the obstruction occurred. On a groundball, "it doesnt matter if the runner is 89 feet away when he gets obstructed or he is 1 inch away. If he is obstructed before first base, the ball is dead and he is awarded first base," umpire Hunter Wendelstedt said. Seattle took a 1-0 lead in the third on Kyle Seagers double. NOTES: The Mariners committed two errors in a game for the first time this season. C Kelly Shoppach made a wild throw to first, trying to get Nelson when he struck out and reached on a wild pitch in the third. ... DH Travis Hafner was out of the Yankees lineup because of a sore right shoulder. Girardi said Hafner would have an MRI and get a couple days off as a precaution. ' ' '