NHL power rankings for start of March

By Rick Morris

 

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

 

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

FIFTH TIER

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

 

BIGGEST RISERS: New York Rangers and Ottawa (4 spots), Florida, Los Angeles and Minnesota (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: San Jose (10 spots), Calgary (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 11.43

2 METROPOLITAN 15.5

3 ATLANTIC 16.25

4 PACIFIC 18.71

 

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 30.14

2 EAST 31.75