NHL power rankings have a new No. 1 team

Paste BN Sports' NHL power rankings panel has voted for a new No. 1 team - and it won't take much thought to figure out who it was.

The Boston Bruins' surge vaulted them into the top spot. To recap: They lost their first game of March and have lost once since, in a shootout to the Montreal Canadiens. That 15-0-1 run lifted them from a sixth-place vote to third two weeks ago to first.

The Bruins are leading the Presidents' Trophy race and have won nine in a row on the road.

Stingy goalie Tuukka Rask led his category in the individual races, getting some distance from No. 2 Ben Bishop (Tampa Bay Lightning).

Captain Zdeno Chara received a first-place vote in the race for top defenseman.