The Power and Kangaroos sit equal-second in 2014 for running bounces with 37 each, behind West Coast with 43.
Port's fast-paced movement tore Adelaide apart in last weekend's Showdown as the Power cruised home, booting 12 of the last 15 goals to register a 55-point win.
Power assistant coach Shaun Hart said the Kangaroos were a highly respected side for good reason.
"North Melbourne is a very good team, they're highly rated, there's high expectation on their season ... a very good running team," Hart said.
"Don't underestimate their most experienced players. I played on Brent Harvey, he's still playing, I've been finished 10 years and he's still playing and he still runs his opponents off their legs.
"They are an elite running side from what I can see so we'll just have to be on our very best game."
Port has endured a lousy record against the Kangaroos, winning just eight of 28 clashes between the two teams since 1997.
But Hart played down the relevance of such statistics, claiming the side that would take to the field on Sunday was different to the one that lost to the Kangaroos by 10 points in round six last year.
"Those sorts of historical things are meaningless in a way because it's always a different team, two different teams really – there's never really the same personnel in any given game," he said.
"It's certainly a ground we've played well at recently and our players are confident."
