"You'll notice there isn't any movement from our top four spots, and if it wasn't for the return of Patrick Sharp in our rankings (he came off IR on Jan. 31), Kovalchuk would have remained in the No. 5 spot. Daniel Sedin, Pavel Datsyuk, Alex Ovechkin and James Neal all hold down the top four spots. In fact, we believe that only Ovechin is in jeopardy of being knocked out of the top five as of now, but we're still holding on and looking for him to go on a surge that carries the Capitals to the playoffs.

However, outside our usual suspects at the top of the charts, you'll see some definite shake-ups throughout the rest of our top-40 rankings of the left wing position. Let's get right into it:

TRENDING UPWARD

Logan Couture -- Prior to representing the Sharks as their lone All-Star participant, Couture had been on a three-game point-scoring streak (2 G, 1 A). In his one game since the break, Couture notched 2 assists as the Sharks bounced the Blue Jackets, 6-0. The talented forward is well on his way to surpassing his 32-goal, 56-point campaign from last season (he's currently on pace for 35 goals and 64 points). The Sharks have split up their big four (Couture, Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, Joe Pavelski) with Ryane Clowe and Martin Havlat still on the sideline due to injury, so Couture has been seeing ice time with Marleau and Benn Ferriero, and so far so good. "