NHL power rankings for mid-April

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Previous periods’ rankings in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Chicago (1-1-1-2)

2 Pittsburgh (4-5-4-1)

SECOND TIER

3 Anaheim (2-2-2-4)

4 Montreal (9-3-3-3)

5 Boston (6-4-5-5)

6 Vancouver (5-7-9-7)

7 Los Angeles (23-8-7-10)

8 San Jose (16-19-19-11)

9 Toronto (13-13-12-9)

10 Ottawa (15-6-8-8)

11 St. Louis (10-10-10-15)

12 Washington (27-27-28-21)

13 New York Islanders (28-26-21-17)

14 Minnesota (19-16-14-6)

15 New York Rangers (14-22-20-16)

16 Detroit (12-17-15-13)

17 Winnipeg (25-20-17-14)

18 Dallas (11-11-18-19)

19 Phoenix (18-14-11-24)

20 Columbus (30-30-23-20)

21 Edmonton (22-24-25-18)

22 New Jersey (3-9-13-12)

23 Buffalo (21-28-26-26)

24 Philadelphia (20-15-22-27)

25 Tampa Bay (17-21-29-25)

26 Nashville (7-12-16-22)

27 Calgary (29-23-24-28)

28 Carolina (8-18-6-23-23)

29 Florida (26-25-30-29)

30 Colorado (24-29-27-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Washington (9 spots), Phoenix (5 spots), New York Islanders and St. Louis (4 spots), Buffalo, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and San Jose (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: New Jersey (10 spots), Minnesota (8 spots), Carolina (5 spots), Nashville (4 spots), Detroit, Edmonton and Winnipeg (3 spots)

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

1 NORTHEAST 51

2 PACIFIC 55

3 CENTRAL 74

4 ATLANTIC 76

5 NORTHWEST 98

6 SOUTHEAST 111

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 227

2 EAST 238