A week ago, the Colorado Avalanche seemed to have found their form, returning to the unstoppable force they were in the first three months of the Igor Shesterkin Jersey. But as everyone knows, the tide can turn dramatically in just six or seven days.

The Colorado Avalanche entered Week 21 on a five-game winning streak, boasting a 6-1 record since returning from the Olympic offseason. They once led the Presidents Cup race by seven points, but that lead has shrunk to just three points due to the Avalanche's struggles this week and the Stars' strong performance.

The Colorado Avalanche lost to the Edmonton Oilers and Winnipeg Jets before defeating the Seattle Sea Monsters. Meanwhile, the Dallas Stars extended their winning streak to 15 games (14-0-1 overtime) with consecutive victories against the Las Vegas Golden Knights, Oilers, and Detroit Red Wings, and are poised to close the gap further this week—they will face the Avalanche directly on Wednesday.

The Dallas Stars and the New York Rangers were the only two teams to go 3-0 in Week 21. Only two other teams remained undefeated in regulation time: the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Philadelphia Flyers, both with a 2-0 record and one overtime loss.

Every team except the Detroit Red Wings and the Utah Mammoths won at least one game last week. The Red Wings and Mammoths each lost two games in regulation and one game in overtime.

This season, I will rank the top ten teams in the league each week based on their performance last week and their overall record for the 2025-26 season. I will also provide a brief commentary for each team explaining the basis for their ranking.

Let's dive into the power rankings for Week 22 of the 2025-26 NHL season and highlight the outstanding performances of several teams.

NHL Week 22 Power Rankings

1. Colorado Avalanche (Week 21 record: 1-2; Overall record: 44-12-9)

Nathan McKinnon failed to score in the loss to the Oilers, ending his seven-game scoring streak. But he bounced back strongly against the Sea Monsters. The 2024 Hart Trophy winner recorded his sixth game with at least four points this season, scoring his NHL-leading 44th goal and adding three assists. He then added another assist against the Jets, bringing his career total to 109 points, trailing only Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers by five points in the Art Rose Trophy race. Martin Nekas had a standout offensive week, contributing three goals and one assist, reaching the 80-point mark for the second time in his career. The 27-year-old Czech has scored in nine of his last ten games, just three points shy of tying his season-best record.

2. Dallas Stars (3 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws; 42 wins, 14 losses, 10 draws)

Since their 0-1 loss to the Blue Jackets on January 22, the Stars have not gone home empty-handed. Last week, they thrashed the Edmonton Oilers 7-2, and also narrowly defeated the Las Vegas Golden Knights and the Detroit Red Wings by one goal each. Jason Robertson ended a two-game goal drought in that game, scoring two goals and providing two assists, delivering his first four-point performance of the season. He added another assist against the Red Wings, while Wyatt Johnston recorded two goals and four assists in Week 21, scoring in all three of Dallas's games. With Miko Rantanen and Rupe Hintz both sidelined with lower limb injuries, captain Jamie Benn and Matt Duchene took on more offensive responsibilities last week. Ben scored the winning goal against the Golden Knights and netted twice against the Oilers; Duchene contributed a goal and an assist in the victory against Edmonton, having previously provided an assist against the Golden Knights.

3. Buffalo Sabres (2 wins, 1 loss, 0 draws; 41 wins, 20 losses, 6 draws)

The Sabres won two of their three games last week without their leading scorer, Jeff Beukeboom Jersey, marking Thompson's second three-game scoring streak this season. This scoring drought ended the 28-year-old's 11-game scoring streak, during which he recorded 6 goals and 9 assists. Jack Quinn was outstanding this week, scoring his first career hat-trick and providing an assist in the Buffalo Sabres' 6-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks, and then adding another goal in their 3-2 penalty shootout win against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

3. Buffalo Sabres (2-1; 41-20, 6 overtime losses)

Last week, the Sabres won two of their three games without their leading scorer, Taggart Thompson. This marked Thompson's second three-game scoring streak this season. The scoring drought ended his previous 11-game scoring streak, during which the 28-year-old contributed 6 goals and 9 assists. Jack Quinn had a standout week, scoring his first career hat-trick and providing an assist in the Buffalo Sabres' 6-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks, and then adding another goal in the 3-2 penalty shootout win against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 24-year-old right winger has a career-high 16 goals, 28 assists, and 44 points this season.

4. Carolina Hurricanes (2 wins, 1 loss; 42 wins, 18 losses, 6 draws)

The Carolina Hurricanes haven't suffered consecutive losses since mid-January, winning two of their three games in Week 21. Sebastian Aho provided an assist in the 5-4 penalty shootout win against the Pittsburgh Penguins, followed by a goal and an assist in the 4-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 28-year-old Finnish center hasn't gone two consecutive games without scoring since his three-game goalless streak in late January. Logan Stankovic scored twice last week, and defender Mark Jankovski also netted twice—he had only managed one goal in his previous 14 games, but has scored in his last two.

Klub v položaju Nogometni dresi Arsenal poleti verjetno ni rabil zapraviti 90 milijonov dolarjev za igralca, kot je Eberechi Eze. Ta navijač iz otroštva je bil nedvomno superzvezdnik, toda za Crystal Palace ni samoumevno, da se bo nekdo, ki je bil igralec v ekipi višjega srednjega dela lestvice, takoj prilagodil sekundarni ali celo terciarni vlogi v ekipi, ki se poteguje za največje nagrade v športu.

Ko je dopolnil 27 let, je za seboj prišel po sezoni, ki je bila v največjih trenutkih nepozabna, a nekoliko drugačna od prejšnje, in ni ravno vajen igrati v slogu, ki ga je imel rad Mikel Arteta, se je treba vprašati, ali je to prava poteza. Veselje, ki je Ezeja preplavilo stadion Emirates, ko so ga nekega sijočega poletnega popoldneva razkrili, je bilo dovolj, da je celo najbolj zadržanim ocenam posla dodalo rožnat odtenek, toda kako škoda bi bilo, če bi se ta sanjska selitev izjalovila?

Da, poškodba Kaija Havertza je bila potrebna takojšnje obravnave, toda štiriletna pogodba je kar precejšnja naložba za zapolnitev vrzeli, ki se v tistem trenutku ni zdela tako dolga, da bi segala v novo leto. In seveda v tistem trenutku nihče ni vedel, koliko poškodb bo utrpel Martin Odegaard. Zato je bila podpis pogodbe z Ezejem verjetno bolj tvegana zadeva, kot se je zdelo.

In ali ni to tveganje, ki ga bo Arteta vesel, da ga bodo njegovi delodajalci sprejeli? Za najvišjo ceno, ki so jo to poletje namenili igralcu, so dobili nekaj, kar so resnično potrebovali: pravega strelca, napadalca, ki lahko izkoristi nadzorovano Arsenalovo gradnjo in vnese malo moči. Skratka, ko žoga pride do njega s hrbtom proti golu, se bo obrnil in zakaj ne bi preprosto uživali v počitku spodaj?

Noga kot vlečna lokomotiva, če sploh obstaja. V noči, kot je bil torek, ko je njegova ekipa začela mukotrpno napredovati v zmagi z 2:0 nad Bayer Leverkusnom, je Arsenal potreboval tisto, kar je njihov trener označil za "čaroben trenutek". Doživeli so ga, tako kot v severnolondonskem derbiju (izberite doma in v gosteh), tako kot proti njegovemu nekdanjemu klubu za njegov prvi gol v novih barvah.

To je bila Ezejeva velika lastnost za Arsenal to sezono. Izvaja strele, ki jih trener morda odsvetuje, a morda bi jih ekipa, ki je tako odločena, da bo dosegla popoln strel, lahko izvedla. Svoj prvi strel na stadionu Tottenham Hotspur, četrti od petih, ki jih je dosegel to sezono proti ekipi, ki jo je ignoriral, da bi uresničil sanje. Žoga se po začetnem odboju po podaji Bukaya Sake nerodno odbije od njegove noge. Manj neustrašen zaključevalec bi se morda dotaknil še ene žoge, Eze dvigne desni čevelj na videz v višino oči, a ga še vedno gladko udari. Podobna iznajdljivost je tudi v njegovem zmagovitem golu nad Palaceom. Verjetno jih je torkova havbica potisnila nižje na lestvici tekmovanja za gol sezone Eberechi Eze; ni slab portfelj.

Da bi dosegli te čudovite gole, morate biti pripravljeni zaman zamahniti. Vzemimo sobotno zmago nad Evertonom, sedem strelov Ezeja je skupno vrednih 0,15 xG. Če pogledate na to ločeno, se vam zdi, da ne. To ni optimalna izraba posesti. Pa vendar se je glede na kontekst igre, ko je Everton hitreje zapiral vrzeli, kot jih je Arsenal lahko odpiral, zdelo, da je Eze razumel, da bodo meti ohranili nasprotnika poštenega, ga morda izvlekli iz bunkerja in v najboljšem primeru morda zmagali tekmo, ne da bi se od dijakov zahtevalo kakršno koli junaštvo.

Ezejevo povprečje 0,08 xG na strel je drugo najnižje med igralci Arsenala to sezono – Odegaardova prisotnost pod njim odraža kapetanovo nenavadno predanost temu, da v zadnjem času vzame nekaj več strelcev z dolge razdalje – toda Arteti nikoli ni manjkalo igralcev, kot so Havertz, Gabriel Jesus in, na svoj način, Viktor Gyokeres, ki bodo delali za bolj dragocene napade od blizu na svoji močnejši nogi. Eze zapolnjuje vrzel, ki jo Arsenal potrebuje ... in to se dogaja vedno pogosteje.

Tisti Eze iz pozne sezone, o katerem so nekoč navdušeno govorili navijači Palacea, se vrača v barve Arsenala. Od začetka februarja je minilo pet golov (velikodušna definicija pomladi, ampak hej, globalno segrevanje) in dve podaji. Po dveh golih angleškega reprezentanta proti Spursom je Arteta dejal, da začenja razumeti, kako mora uporabljati Ezeja. Zdaj se zdi, da so njegovi igralci storili enako.

"Ima ritem, ima razumevanje tudi s soigralci, še posebej glede na njegovo raven aktivnosti," je dejal Arteta. "Z žogo, brez žoge, v prostorih, kjer se giblje, namen, ki ga kaže vsakič, ko je v kazenskem prostoru in okoli njega. To je tisto, kar ga zanima, in razlog, zakaj je tukaj, da ustvarja takšne trenutke."

»Gradi boljšo kemijo, boljše razumevanje z vsemi. Tudi mi ga začnemo veliko bolje razumeti. Ko začneš dobro igrati, dobro akcijo, takšno akcijo, ko si v igri, to dvigne tudi tvojo samozavest. To potrebuje vsak igralec.«

Tisto omembo tega, kaj Eze počne brez žoge, ste morda sprva spregledali,Slovenski Nogometni Dresi brez dvoma, za Arteto ne igrate, če ni zadovoljen z vašo prijavo, ko ima žogo druga ekipa. Zdelo se je, da je bila ta resnica vtisnjena v spomin igralcu številke 10, ko je pustil, da ga je Matty Cash prehitel in dosegel gol za Aston Villo v porazu z 2:1 v Premier League v začetku decembra. Arteta je nato vztrajal, da Ezeja ni kaznoval zaradi njegove ohlapne obrambe, a njegova dejanja so povedala veliko. Njegova podpisana pogodba je med to napako in sredino februarja začela le eno tekmo v Premier League, in sicer doma proti Wolvesom, ki so na zadnjem mestu lestvice. Tudi zdaj, ko se njegova vrednost začenja kazati, mu le redko zaupajo varovanje levega krila, temveč deluje bolj kot drugi napadalec v Arsenalovi formaciji 4-2-3-1.

Vendar pa nihče ne more podvomiti o njegovi sposobnosti igranja brez žoge. Medtem ko se je Leverkusen trudil najti pot skozi organiziran pretisk, je Eze v napadalni tretjini dobil posest tolikokrat kot kateri koli drug igralec Arsenala, kljub temu da je v 69. minuti šepal iz igre zaradi, kot kaže, poškodbe gležnja. Proti Evertonu, Brightonu in še posebej Spursom je dosegel podobno impresivne številke. Igralec, ki je bil nekoč šibka povezava brez žoge, izpolnjuje pričakovanja.

»Brez tega nimaš možnosti igrati v tej ekipi,« je bila Artetajeva neposredna ocena. »Vsi to počnejo in to je čar tega ter razlog, zakaj smo tako dosledni pri zmagovanju na tekmah in preprečevanju nasprotniku, da bi dosegel gol.

»On to zmore. Če tega ne bi mogel, tega nikoli ne bi zahteval. On to zmore, pripravljen je to storiti in to počne vsak dan bolje in bolje.«

Morda je to za Ezeja preprosto čas sezone, vendar se zdi bolj verjetno, da je to igralec, ki je potreboval več časa, kot bi večina pričakovala za izkušeno okrepitev v Premier ligi. Dejstvo, da bo potreboval čas, da spremeni svoj slog igre iz vodilnega napadalca v prosti vlogi v igralca, ki prispeva k igri z žogo in brez nje, je bil del razloga, zakaj se je ta prestop zdel tvegana igra. Trenutno je videti, kot da bi se lahko Arteti in Arsenalu precej dobro obrestoval.

Monaco bo morda brez vezista Aleksandra Golovina po rdečem kartonu proti Nogometni dresi PSG, vendar to ne pomeni, da nimajo možnosti za zmago kljub težkemu nasprotniku. Ameriški napadalec Folarin Balogun bo osrednjega pomena, saj je na prvi tekmi dosegel dva gola in Monacu pomagal zmanjšati trenutni zaostanek enega gola.

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Leta 2026 je bil v odlični formi za Monaco, saj je v desetih nastopih letos dosegel tri gole in dve podaji, in ker je pet od desetih golov za Monaco v tej sezoni dosegel v tekmah Lige prvakov, je Balogun nekdo, ki se v največjih trenutkih za svoj klub izkaže. Bila je nenavadna sezona, saj Balogun kljub svojim predstavam v teh trenutkih ni dosegel pričakovanih golov, vendar je star komaj 24 let in še ni v najboljših letih.

Ker se svetovno prvenstvo 2026, na katerem naj bi Balogun vodil moško reprezentanco Združenih držav Amerike, iz dneva v dan bliža, je dobro tako za Monaco kot za selektorja ameriške reprezentance Mauricia Pochettina, da Balogun na največjih tekmah igra na tej ravni. Pritisk nanj bo z letom naprej le še večji, vendar se znajde na ravni izziva.Balogun bo odličen pri spreminjanju dobrih priložnosti v strelske priložnosti, saj bo lahko izkoristil težave PSG-ja s poškodbami, da bi na tekmi dosegel želene rezultate.

Parižani Luisa Enriqueja bodo igrali brez Ousmaneja Dembeleja in Fabiana Ruiza, ki sta ključna člana ekipe. Dembele je to sezono, potem ko je osvojil Ballon d'Or, večkrat vstopal v enajsterico in izstopal iz nje, in to je glavni razlog, zakaj PSG v tej fazi ne vodi Ligue 1, kot bi pričakovali. Potem ko so v prejšnji sezoni prvič v svoji zgodovini osvojili Ligo prvakov, je PSG med glavnimi kandidati za ponovni naslov, a premagovanje poškodb ključnih igralcev po dolgi sezoni, v kateri so se uvrstili v finale svetovnega klubskega prvenstva, ni lahka naloga.

PSG se je v tekmi proti drugi ekipi iz Ligue 1 še bolj spoznal z ekipo, podobno kot lani v izločilnih tekmah proti Brestu,Slovenski Nogometni Dresi  a to pomeni tudi, da Monaco ve, kaj lahko pričakuje. Čas bo pokazal, ali bo vrnitev domov PSG-ju dala prednost na tekmi, če pa bodo Monaku dali vsaj centimeter, bo Balogun dosegel gol, zgodnji gol pa bi lahko spremenil vse v spopadu med tema dvema ekipama.

NBA Hall of Famer and Miami Heat legend Chris Bosh recently suffered a health crisis and admitted he was "fortunate to be alive." In a video posted on social media on Wednesday, Bosh revealed that he woke up covered in blood. The star, still recovering, said he was getting ready for a date with his wife when the incident occurred.

"The next second I was on the floor," Bosh recalled.

Aside from the memory of waking up covered in blood, Authentic Miami Heat Jerseys remembers nothing else. While he didn't specify the trigger for the health crisis, he further elaborated on the experience in his Substack column, "The Last Chance."

"I was walking from the dressing room to the bathroom, getting ready for my date, when my body suddenly betrayed me," Bosh wrote. "My left leg went numb, and that electric shock-like sensation of a nerve in my elbow spread instantly. In the blink of an eye, I was on the floor. I slowly woke up in a pool of blood as my wife frantically called for emergency help. I tried to move my body as usual, but there was no response."

Bosh explained how that "horrific" experience changed his outlook on life.

"There wasn't that euphoric clarity after coming out of the darkness," Bosh wrote, "...what really changed was my perspective on life, which became simpler and more authentic."

Due to health issues, Bosh hadn't played since 2016 and retired from the NBA in 2019. Bosh suffered from recurring blood clots, which ultimately shortened his career. His blood clot problem was first discovered in 2015, when a clot that started in his leg and traveled to his lung caused him to miss the rest of the season after playing only 44 games. He returned for the following season (2015-16), but a second clot was discovered, forcing him to miss the remainder of the season after playing 53 games.

Despite Bosh's desire to play, before the start of the 2016-17 season, after multiple physicals, the Heat's team doctors still failed to pass his physical. It was assessed that continuing his basketball career was too risky for him. He retired at the age of 31, having won two NBA championships with the Miami Heat and been selected to the All-Star team 11 times. In 2019, the Heat retired his jersey in memory of six of his 13 years with the team. In 2021, Bosh was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Bosh stated that he was "lucky to have survived" and plans to use this time to share his experience with Andre Iguodala Jersey. "This experience has inspired me to start writing again, to share my experiences and stories, and hopefully we can all learn from it and grow together," Bosh wrote.

Najlepší strelec anglickej Premier League Erling Haaland a Detské dres Manchester City sa v nedeľu vracajú do akcie zápasom na ihrisku Tottenhamu. Man City je pred víkendom na druhom mieste v tabuľke Premier League, zatiaľ čo Tottenham nevyhral zápas Premier League od konca decembra a v tabuľke je na 14. mieste.

Eimer zakončil rok 2023 ako futbalový expert číslo 1 podľa SportsLine s bilanciou 248-234-12 (+25,93 jednotiek) v tipoch na články SportsLine. Eimer bol v roku 2025 veľmi úspešný a zaznamenal zisk vo viacerých ligách vrátane Premier League, Ligy majstrov, La Ligy a ďalších. Každý, kto sledoval jeho tipy na futbalové stávky v stávkových kanceláriách a na stávkových aplikáciách, mohol vidieť obrovské zisky.

Manchester City bol v posledných rokoch absolútnym favoritom, pokiaľ ide o stávkovanie na góly. S hráčmi ako Erling Haaland na čele bolo dlhé roky ľahké tipovať na viac ako 100 % pre Pepa a jeho mužov. Túto sezónu však vidíme trochu iný tím Manchesteru City.

Či už je to kvôli zraneniam, nabitému programu alebo dráme mimo ihriska, tento tím jednoducho nehrá na rovnakej úrovni, na akú sme zvyknutí. V posledných šiestich zápasoch Premier League v rade inkasovali menej ako 2,5 gólu, vrátane remízy 0:0 so Sunderlandom, remíz 1:1 s Brightonom a Chelsea a prehry 2:0 s Manchestrom United. Ak vezmeme do úvahy fakt, že po hosťovaní v Galatasarayi budú unavení, tento zápas ma núti spoliehať sa na ďalší opatrný tip na menej ako 100 %.

Tottenham je naďalej jedným z najbizarnejších tímov v lige. Jeden týždeň ich West Ham a Bournemouth premáhajú, Futbalový dres s menom na druhý týždeň v zápase UCL derú Dortmund a Frankfurt. Tento tím má pomerne talentovaných útočníkov, ale zápasí so zraneniami aj s konzistentnosťou. Pre Manchester City bývajú občas trochu neistým tímom. Za posledné dva roky hrali proti Man City štyrikrát a Tottenham vyhral tri zo štyroch zápasov a ich jediná prehra v týchto štyroch bola 1:0. Tipujem na zápas s nízkym skóre a opatrnosťou, ktorý by pokojne mohol skončiť remízou.