NHL power rankings for start of December

By Rick Morris

TOP TIER

1 Boston

2 Washington

3 St. Louis

SECOND TIER

4 NY Islanders

5 Edmonton

6 Philadelphia

7 Colorado

8 Arizona

9 Winnipeg

10 Dallas     

11 Carolina

12 San Jose

13 Pittsburgh

14 Florida

15 Vancouver

16 Vegas

17 Calgary

18 NY Rangers

19 Toronto

20 Buffalo

21 Montreal

22 Minnesota

23 Nashville

24 Tampa Bay

25 Columbus

26 Anaheim

27 Chicago

28 Los Angeles

29 Ottawa

30 New Jersey

THIRD TIER

31 Detroit

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF TEAMS, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 CENTRAL 12.86

2 METROPOLITAN 13.63

3 PACIFIC 15.88

4 ATLANTIC 19.88

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 28.74

2 EAST 33.51