Carolina Hurricanes Power Rankings - 2012-13
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| WEEK | RECORD | RANK | COMMENT | |
| Week 15 | 19-25-4 | 26 | A fourth straight season without a playoff game is not what Canes fans had in mind with the arrival of Jordan Staal and Alexander Semin this season. | |
| Week 14 | 18-24-3 | 28 | The end of the season can't come fast enough for the disappointing Hurricanes, who began the season with such strong hopes. | |
| Week 13 | 17-22-2 | 27 | The Hurricanes have gone 5-14-1 since star goalie Cam Ward last played, on March 3. | |
| Week 12 | 16-19-2 | 27 | Wow, talk about the bottom falling out on a team. The Canes have one win in 12 as they can't stop opposing teams from scoring and can't score on their own. That's a recipe for disaster. Now in the hunt for a top draft pick instead of a division title. | |
| Week 11 | 16-15-2 | 24 | Huge win over Winnipeg on Saturday was the Canes' first in eight games. Still, they don't look much like a team ready to jump into the postseason. | |
| Week 10 | 15-13-2 | 17 | The injury-riddled Hurricanes are winless in five games heading into its biggest game of the season at home versus Winnipeg on Tuesday night. | |
| Week 9 | 15-11-1 | 12 | A rare recent stumble for the Canes, who relinquished first place in the Southeast with a 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay. But they are still the favorites to win the division and remain in the top eight, even with the loss. They begin the week one point behind Winnipeg with two games in hand. | |
| Week 8 | 14-9-1 | 9 | The Hurricanes have won five of six and so far have survived the loss of Cam Ward by going 2-1 since his injury. | |
| Week 7 | 12-8-1 | 8 | The Canes' twin victories over Florida this weekend reaffirmed their grip on the Southeast Division lead as they have won three in a row. But netminder Cam Ward left Sunday's 3-2 victory with a sprained MCL and he will miss six to eight weeks. | |
| Week 6 | 9-7-1 | 13 | Sunday's win on Long Island snapped a three-game skid for the injury-riddled Canes. Hate seeing Jeff Skinner out again with a concussion. | |
| Week 5 | 8-4-1 | 7 | The Canes have quietly snuck into first place in the Southeast Division with a 7-2-1 run (including three straight wins). Eric Staal is tied for the league lead with four game winners. | |
| Week 4 | 4-5-1 | 14 | The Canes are 5-2-1 since opening the season 0-2-0, and by no coincidence, goalie Cam Ward is steadying his game. | |
| Week 3 | 3-4-0 | 21 | The Hurricanes tried to coax back-to-back starts out of Dan Ellis, who pitched a shutout against Ottawa Friday, but he was chased by the Flyers Saturday, as the Hurricanes are still giving up too much defensively. | |
| Week 2 | 2-2-0 | 20 | Whew, that must have felt good for the Hurricanes, a sexy pick to surprise this season: getting back-to-back wins over the Sabres to get things on track. | |
| Week 1 | 0-0-0 | 13 | Jordan Staal and Alex Semin will boost the offense, and Kirk Muller has laid a nice foundation after taking over as head coach a little more than a year ago. The playoffs are imperative for a team that has missed three times since advancing to the 2009 Eastern Conference finals. | |
| Preseason | 0-0-0 | 9 | Every year there's a team that just jumps out of nowhere, like Ottawa last season. For me, this year that's Carolina. GM Jim Rutherford made major additions in Jordan Staal and Alexander Semin. I think the Canes win the Southeast Division this season. | |
| Spring Training | 0-0-0 | 15 | The Canes made great strides under Kirk Muller in the second half of last season. Throw in Jordan Staal and Alexander Semin (yes, we've heard about the baggage) and the Canes should challenge for a division title and be in the hunt for a postseason berth after missing out for three straight years. | |
