NHL power rankings for end of regular season

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Boston (12-11-4-4-6-6-7-7-6-1)

2 Anaheim (2-1-6-2-2-1-1-1-5-4)

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

4 San Jose (1-10-2-6-5-5-6-6-2-3)

5 St. Louis (10-5-3-5-4-3-4-3-1-2)

6 Pittsburgh (5-12-7-7-3-2-2-2-3-6)

7 Chicago (6-3-1-1-1-4-3-4-4-7)

SECOND TIER

8 Montreal (13-17-12-10-10-9-13-12-9-8)

9 Tampa Bay (11-7-13-14-9-8-8-10-16-10)

10 Los Angeles (9-9-8-3-8-10-9-11-8-9)

11 Minnesota (15-6-10-12-17-12-12-8-10-13)

12 New York Rangers (23-16-19-25-23-13-11-13-15-11)

13 Detroit (14-14-9-13-15-15-16-14-19-15)

14 Dallas (19-20-20-16-13-21-22-18-12-14)

15 Columbus (26-26-26-21-24-19-15-24-14-17)

16 Philadelphia (29-27-21-23-18-14-23-16-13-12)

17 Washington (20-15-15-15-14-16-25-15-20-18)

18 Nashville (16-19-17-19-20-25-18-19-23-22)

19 Ottawa (21-18-24-22-21-20-20-22-22-23)

20 New Jersey (25-22-22-26-19-22-24-21-17-20)

21 Phoenix (7-4-11-11-12-18-19-20-18-16)

22 Toronto (4-13-16-17-16-17-10-9-11-21)

23 Winnipeg (18-21-18-20-22-24-21-17-21-24)

THIRD TIER

24 Vancouver (8-8-14-9-7-11-14-23-24-19)

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

FIFTH TIER

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Nashville and Ottawa (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Phoenix and Vancouver (5 spots), Philadelphia (4 spots), St. Louis (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 11.57

2 ATLANTIC 16.38

3 PACIFIC 16.43

4 METROPOLITAN 17.25

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 28

2 EAST 33.63