NHL TOP TO BOTTOM

1. Colorado (34-8-8-1) Nashville gets only nine shots.

2. St. Louis (34-10-4-2) Loss of MacInnis a hindrance.

3. Ottawa (29-14-6-1) A 10-2-0-1 month shows East heels.

4. Detroit (29-15-4-4) Duchesne to Ottawa?

5. San Jose (29-13-8-0) No Damphousse, no problem.

6. New Jersey (26-12-9-2) Unsatisfied despite six points on trip.

7. Pittsburgh (24-18-6-2) 9-4-0-1 with Super Mario.

8. Philadelphia (25-16-9-1) Caps end four-game win streak.

9. Vancouver (26-18-4-4) Aucoin on trading block?

10. Dallas (28-17-4-1) Eagle’s not exactly soaring.

11. Phoenix (23-15-12-1) Roenick wants to re-up.

12. Buffalo (25-18-5-1) Losing Hamel a blow.

13. Toronto (24-17-7-4) Finally breaking out of funk?

14. Edmonton (23-21-8-1) Nine goals in six games.

15. Kings (22-20-7-1) What happened to the scoring?

16. Carolina (22-19-6-2) Goalie Irbe a fixture.

17. Washington (23-19-8-1) Players-only meeting no help.

18. Boston (21-19-6-5) Dafoe leads charge into contention.

19. Nashville (21-24-7-2) West Coast trip is big.

20. N.Y. Rangers (20-28-3-1) Slats in trouble already?

21. Minnesota (18-22-8-2) Southern California sweep.

22. Chicago (21-23-4-2) Blackhawks are battered.

23. Calgary (17-20-9-4) 7-10-5-2 at home a problem.

24. Columbus (17-26-4-3) 4-0-0-1 streak impressive.

25. Montreal (17-27-5-3) Linden’s return helps.

26. Ducks (15-28-6-4) Nobody watches trip to nowhere.

27. Tampa Bay (13-30-5-3) Searching for a power-play goal.

28. N.Y. Islanders (13-30-5-2) Kid DiPietro at least interesting.

29. Florida (11-26-8-7) It’s Bure and . . . nobody.

30. Atlanta (16-24-9-2) 1-10-3-1 and finished.

Game of the Week

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh

When--Wednesday. Time--4:30 PST. TV--ESPN2.

* Story line--Any game involving Pittsburgh’s Mario Lemieux is worth watching, and the Penguins have added players to form a team that Philadelphia General Manager Bob Clarke would love. Six of their fighting majors this season have come since the addition of Steve McKenna, Billy Tibbetts, Krzysztof Oliwa and Kevin Stevens only two weeks ago. Tibbetts could sit out the game after being assessed a game misconduct Saturday for going onto the Atlanta bench to punch Darcy Hordichuk, who reportedly mentioned Tibbetts’ background, which includes 2 1/2 years in prison.