Wednesday, January 15, 2014

NHL power rankings for mid-January



By Rick Morris

NOTE: Previous rankings are in parentheses, from start of November to present.

TOP TIER
1 Anaheim (2-1-6-2-2)
2 Pittsburgh (5-12-7-7-3)
3 St. Louis (10-5-3-5-4)
4 Chicago (6-3-1-1-1)
SECOND TIER
5 San Jose (1-10-2-6-5)
6 Boston (12-11-4-4-6)
7 Colorado (3-2-5-8-11)
8 Tampa Bay (11-7-13-14-9)
9 Montreal (13-17-12-10-10)
10 Los Angeles (9-9-8-3-8)
11 Vancouver (8-8-14-9-7)
12 Minnesota (15-6-10-12-17)
THIRD TIER
13 New York Rangers (23-16-19-25-23)
14 Philadelphia (29-27-21-23-18)
15 Detroit (14-14-9-13-15)
16 Washington (20-15-15-15-14)
17 Toronto (4-13-16-17-16)
18 Phoenix (7-4-11-11-12)
19 Columbus (26-26-26-21-24)
20 Ottawa (21-18-24-22-21)
21 Dallas (19-20-20-16-13)
22 New Jersey (25-22-22-26-19)
23 Carolina (24-23-23-18-25)
24 Winnipeg (18-21-18-20-22)
25 Nashville (16-19-17-19-20)
26 New York Islanders (22-24-27-29-28)
FOURTH TIER
27 Florida (27-29-29-27-26)
28 Calgary (17-25-25-24-27)
29 Edmonton (28-28-28-28-29)
FIFTH TIER
30 Buffalo (30-30-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: New York Rangers (10 spots), Columbus and Minnesota (5 spots), Colorado and Philadelphia (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Dallas (8 spots), Phoenix (6 spots), Nashville (5 spots), Vancouver (4 spots), Chicago and New Jersey (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF TEAMS, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST
1 PACIFIC 14.57
2 ATLANTIC 16.5
3 CENTRAL 16.57
4 METROPOLITAN 18.13

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE
1 WEST 31.14
2 EAST 34.63

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