NHL power rankings for mid-February

By Rick Morris

 

Previous rankings are in parentheses, from start of season to present.

 

TOP TIER

1 Nashville (9-2-4-2-3)

2 St. Louis (4-3-7-6-2)

3 Montreal (1-4-5-5-7)

4 Anaheim (2-8-1-1-1)

5 New York Islanders (7-1-3-3-6)

6 Detroit (12-9-8-7-5)

7 Pittsburgh (3-6-9-12-8)

8 Tampa Bay (5-5-6-4-4)

9 Chicago (17-11-2-9-9)

10 New York Rangers (20-17-11-10-14)

SECOND TIER

11 Washington (22-19-12-8-13)

12 Winnipeg (15-16-13-11-11)

13 Calgary (10-10-19-16-15)

14 San Jose (16-18-14-13-12)

 

15 Vancouver (6-7-10-15-16)

16 Minnesota (18-14-22-24-24)

17 Boston (8-12-17-14-10)

18 Los Angeles (11-13-15-19-20)

19 Dallas (24-24-20-20-18)

20 Philadelphia (21-28-27-25-19)

21 Florida (23-20-16-17-21)

22 Colorado (26-22-25-18-17)

23 Ottawa (14-21-21-22-22)

THIRD TIER

24 New Jersey (19-23-28-26-23)

25 Columbus (29-30-23-23-25)

26 Toronto (13-15-18-21-26)

FOURTH TIER

27 Carolina (28-27-29-27-27)

28 Arizona (25-25-26-28-28)

FIFTH TIER

29 Edmonton (27-29-30-29-29)

SIXTH TIER

30 Buffalo (30-26-24-30-30)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Minnesota (8 spots), Montreal and New York Rangers (4 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Boston (7 spots), Colorado (5 spots), Tampa Bay (4 spots), Anaheim (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 METROPOLITAN 16.12

3 ATLANTIC 16.75

4 PACIFIC 17.29

 

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 28.86

2 EAST 32.87