NHL power rankings for start of April

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Previous periods’ ranking in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Pittsburgh (4-5-4)

2 Chicago (1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

3 Montreal (9-3-3)

4 Anaheim (2-2-2)

5 Boston (6-4-5)

6 Minnesota (19-16-14)

7 Vancouver (5-7-9)

8 Ottawa (15-6-8)

9 Toronto (13-13-12)

10 Los Angeles (23-8-7)

11 San Jose (16-19-19)

12 New Jersey (3-9-13)

13 Detroit (12-17-15)

14 Winnipeg (25-20-17)

15 St. Louis (10-10-10)

16 New York Rangers (14-22-20)

17 New York Islanders (28-26-21)

18 Edmonton (22-24-25)

19 Dallas (11-11-18)

20 Columbus (30-30-23)

21 Washington (27-27-28)

22 Nashville (7-12-16)

23 Carolina (8-18-6)

24 Phoenix (18-14-11)

25 Tampa Bay (17-21-29)

26 Buffalo (21-28-26)

27 Philadelphia (20-15-22)

28 Calgary (29-23-24)

29 Florida (26-25-30)

30 Colorado (24-29-27)

BIGGEST RISERS: Minnesota and San Jose (8 spots), Edmonton and Washington (7 spots), New York Islanders and New York Rangers and Tampa Bay (4 spots), Columbus, Pittsburgh, Toronto and Winnipeg (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Carolina (17 spots), Phoenix (13 spots), Nashville (6 spots), Philadelphia and St. Louis (5 spots), Calgary (4 spots), Colorado and Los Angeles (3 spots)

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

1 NORTHEAST 51

2 PACIFIC 68

3 CENTRAL 72

4 ATLANTIC 73

5 NORTHWEST 89

6 SOUTHEAST 112

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 229

2 EAST 236