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April approaches, the NHL playoffs are almost here and only the final battles for positioning are left to be determined.

The Minnesota Wild are the NHL's hottest team, a few short months after they appeared to be going nowhere in a hurry. The only team with a longer active consecutive wins streak is the surprising Columbus Blue Jackets, who have six straight victories to the Wild's five. Meanwhile, four teams secured playoff spots in Week 25, with Anaheim, Nashville, Montreal and the New York Rangers all pulling off the trick.

Which team takes the top spot in this week's Bleacher Report power rankings?

As always, the panel (this week consisting of Dave Lozo, Allan Mitchell, Lyle Richardson, Carol Schram and myself) is here to vote and determine the rankings of the league's 30 teams, with those rankings based on an assessment of each of these teams rather than a pure look at the standings.

Read on to see where all 30 teams are ranked and which rise to the top this week.

News and statistics are courtesy of NHL.com, Hockey-Reference, war-on-ice.com and BehindTheNet.ca and are current through the start of action on March 30.

Our experts participate in weekly voting for B/R's NHL power rankings. Once a vote is cast for a specific team, it's assigned a value—30 points for the No. 1 team in the rankings, 29 points for the second spot and so on. The totals are then added up to create the power ranking.