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Mike Brophy's Power Rankings: March 9, 2009

TW LW Team Our Take
1 2 The Red Wings elected not to upgrade their goaltending at the deadline and have allowed eight goals twice in their last four outings.
2 1 Starter Evgeni Nabokov remains sidelined while his Sharks have dropped four straight.
3 3 Goalie Manny Fernandez, who appeared to have re-established himself, is 0-3-2 after losing to the Rangers Sunday.
4 4 Martin Brodeur finally tastes defeat allowing six in a 7-3 loss to the Islanders, of all teams.
5 6 Olli Jokinen scores two goals in the first period of his first game with the Flames and appears destined to make the playoffs for the first time in his career.
6 5 Alexander Ovechkin returned from injury and scored a goal, but the Caps lost their fourth straight in a shootout to Pittsburgh.
7 7 Joffrey Lupul hits the 20-goal mark in a convincing 4-1 win over Nashville.
8 10 The Canucks have won four straight, including a 3-1 victory over San Jose, a contest defenceman Kevin Bieksa called a "statement game."
9 8 Martin Havlat, who has 12 goals and 31 points in 30 games, left the ice after four shifts Sunday and didn't return.
10 9 The addition of defenceman Mathieu Schneider paid immediate dividends, but GM Bob Gainey did nothing else at the deadline and now he has fired head coach Guy Carbonneau and steps behind the bench himself.
11 13 Marc-Andre Fleury made 46 saves in a 4-1 win over Florida, his ninth win this season in games in which he faced 40 or more shots.
12 12 David Booth recorded a hat trick in a 5-3 win over the Blues.
13 11 Thomas Vanek scored in his third game back wearing a full cage because of a broken jaw.
14 14 Erik Cole has five points in his first two games back with the Hurricanes while Eric Staal scored four goals and two assists Saturday.
15 15 The Rangers have won three straight including a thrilling 4-3 decision over Boston Sunday.
16 16 Rick Nash scored his fourth career hat trick - and second of the year against Detroit - in the Blue Jackets 8-2 win over the Red Wings.
17 18 If the Predators played the Blue Jackets at home every game, they'd be undefeated. They have won 10 straight at home against the Jackets.
18 19 While they didn't pay immediate dividends, the Oilers scooped two quality forwards at the trade deadline in Patrick O'Sullivan and Ales Kotalik.
19 17 The Stars returned from a 1-5 road trip and fell to the Canadiens 3-1 on Sunday.
20 21 The Wild trailed the Sharks 3-0 late in the second period and came back to beat San Jose 4-3.
21 22 The Blues are long shots to make the playoffs, but are helped by the fact their final 17 games are against Western Conference opponents.
22 20 The Ducks pulled the plug on the season at the deadline and will probably trade star defenceman Chris Pronger in the summer as part of their youth kick.
23 23 Michal Handzus scored three goals, including the OT winner, in a 5-4 win over Dallas.
24 26 John Mitchell had two goals and four points in three games.
25 25 The Senators beat the Oilers 4-2, but are just 3-8-3 against Canadian-based teams this season.
26 24 Scottie Upshall scored in his last game with the Flyers and then in his debut with the Coyotes.
27 27 The Avalanche snapped a six-game losing streak with a win over the Blackhawks.
28 29 Bryan Little has gone from six goals as a rookie to 28 and counting in Year Two.
29 28 The Lightning are talking about extending the contract of coach Rick Tocchet the same week they get smoked 9-3 by Carolina and have lost 14 of their last 18 games. Why?
30 30 Yann Denis made 40 stops to lead the Islanders past the Coyotes.