NHL power rankings for mid-March

By Rick Morris

 

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

 

TOP TIER

1 New York Rangers (20-17-11-10-14-10-6)

2 Anaheim (2-8-1-1-1-4-5)

3 Tampa Bay (5-5-6-4-4-8-9)

4 Montreal (1-4-5-5-7-3-2)

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

6 New York Islanders (7-1-3-3-6-5-4)

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

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

9 Chicago (17-11-2-9-9-9-10)

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

SECOND TIER

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

12 Minnesota (18-14-22-24-24-16-13)

13 Vancouver (6-7-10-15-16-15-14)

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

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

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

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

18 Ottawa (14-21-21-22-22-23-19)

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

20 Florida (23-20-16-17-21-21-18)

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

22 San Jose (16-18-14-13-12-14-24)

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

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

THIRD TIER

25 Columbus (29-30-23-23-25-25-26)

26 Carolina (28-27-29-27-27-27-25)

27 Toronto (13-15-18-21-26-26-27)

FOURTH TIER

28 Edmonton (27-29-30-29-29-29-28)

29 Arizona (25-25-26-28-28-28-29)

FIFTH TIER

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

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Boston and Tampa Bay (6 spots), New York Rangers (5 spots), Anaheim and Colorado (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Nashville (6 spots), Washington and Winnipeg (5 spots), Pittsburgh (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 12.71

2 ATLANTIC 15.13

3 METROPOLITAN 16.5

4 PACIFIC 17.86

 

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 30.57

2 EAST 31.63