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There is a distinct theme to our Week 5 edition of the NHL power rankings: the ascendant West.

Three Western Conference teams, led by the Colorado Avalanche, made big moves up the charts this week, and the West has a firm hold on the top spots—something that should not come as a surprise given that Western Conference teams currently inhabit the top four positions in the NHL standings and that nine of the top 11 teams come from that conference.

Read on to see how we've ranked the hottest teams in the league and which clubs are sliding to make way for them.

Unless otherwise noted, statistics are from NHL.com, behindthenet.ca or extraskater.com.