NHL power rankings for mid-February

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of February are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Vancouver (1)

2 Philadelphia (2)

3 Tampa Bay (4)

4 Detroit (5)

SECOND TIER

5 Pittsburgh (3)

6 Boston (6)

7 Dallas (7)

8 Washington (8)

9 Nashville (11)

10 Montreal (9)

11 Phoenix (16)

12 San Jose (10)

13 Anaheim (14)

14 Minnesota (13)

15 Los Angeles (15)

16 Calgary (18)

17 Chicago (17)

18 New York Rangers (12)

19 Atlanta (19)

20 Carolina (20)

21 Columbus (22)

22 Buffalo (25)

23 St. Louis (23)

24 Colorado (21)

THIRD TIER

25 Florida (24)

26 Toronto (26)

FOURTH TIER

27 New Jersey (28)

28 New York Islanders (29)

29 Ottawa (27)

30 Edmonton (30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Phoenix (5 spots), Buffalo (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: New York Rangers (6 spots), Colorado (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 Pacific (58)

2 Central (74)

3 Southeast (75)

4 Atlantic (80)

5 Northwest (85)

6 Northeast (93)

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 West 217

2 East 248