NHL power rankings for start of February

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Anaheim (2-1-6-2-2-1)

SECOND TIER

2 Pittsburgh (5-12-7-7-3-2)

3 Chicago (6-3-1-1-1-4)

4 St. Louis (10-5-3-5-4-3)

5 Colorado (3-2-5-8-11-7)

6 San Jose (1-10-2-6-5-5)

7 Boston (12-11-4-4-6-6)

THIRD TIER

8 Tampa Bay (11-7-13-14-9-8)

9 Los Angeles (9-9-8-3-8-10)

10 Toronto (4-13-16-17-16-17)

11 New York Rangers (23-16-19-25-23-13)

12 Minnesota (15-6-10-12-17-12)

13 Montreal (13-17-12-10-10-9)

14 Vancouver (8-8-14-9-7-11)

15 Columbus (26-26-26-21-24-19)

16 Detroit (14-14-9-13-15-15)

17 Carolina (24-23-23-18-25-23)

18 Nashville (16-19-17-19-20-25)

19 Phoenix (7-4-11-11-12-18)

20 Ottawa (21-18-24-22-21-20)

21 Winnipeg (18-21-18-20-22-24)

22 Dallas (19-20-20-16-13-21)

23 Philadelphia (29-27-21-23-18-14)

24 New Jersey (25-22-22-26-19-22)

25 Washington (20-15-15-15-14-16)

FOURTH TIER

26 New York Islanders (22-24-27-29-28-26)

27 Calgary (17-25-25-24-27-28)

28 Florida (27-29-29-27-26-27)

29 Edmonton (28-28-28-28-29-29)

FIFTH TIER

30 Buffalo (30-30-30-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Nashville and Toronto (7 spots), Carolina (6 spots), Columbus (4 spots), Winnipeg (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Philadelphia and Washington (9 spots), Montreal (4 spots), Vancouver (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 CENTRAL 12.14

2 PACIFIC 15

3 ATLANTIC 16.5

4 METROPOLITAN 17.88

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 27.14

2 EAST 34.38