NHL power rankings for start of January

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Tampa Bay (2-2-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 Toronto (4-3-2-4)

3 Washington (17-17-8-6)

4 Winnipeg (3-4-6-3)

5 Vegas (25-28-22-8)

6 Calgary (9-9-7-2)

7 San Jose (16-12-13-11)

8 Pittsburgh (12-30-25-15)

9 Columbus (14-7-9-14)

10 Nashville (1-1-3-5)

11 New York Islanders (11-11-14-20)

12 Montreal (13-13-17-12)

13 Vancouver (6-15-27-19)

14 Boston (10-10-12-16)

15 Buffalo (15-5-4-9)

16 Colorado (8-16-5-10)

17 Anaheim (21-23-10-7)

18 Dallas (18-8-11-17)

THIRD TIER

19 Edmonton (7-21-21-13)

20 Chicago (20-25-29)

21 Minnesota (5-6-16-18)

22 New York Rangers (28-14-15-21)

23 Carolina (19-24-18-22)

24 St. Louis (26-27-31)

25 Florida (30-26-26-25)

26 New Jersey (27-29-28)

27 Arizona (22-22-23-26)

28 Los Angeles (31-31-30)

29 Detroit (29-18-19-23)

30 Ottawa (23-20-20-24)

31 Philadelphia (24-19-24)

BIGGEST RISERS: Chicago and New York Islanders (9 spots), Pittsburgh (7 spots), Vancouver (6 spots), Columbus (5 spots), San Jose (4 spots), Vegas and Washington (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Anaheim (10 spots), Philadelphia and St. Louis (7 spots), Buffalo, Colorado, Detroit, Edmonton and Ottawa (6 spots), Nashville (5 spots), Calgary (4 spots), Minnesota (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 ATLANTIC 12.88

2 PACIFIC 15.25

3 CENTRAL 16.14

4 METROPOLITAN 16.63

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 29.51

2 WEST 31.39