NHL power rankings for start of February

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from mid-January are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Vancouver (2)

2 Philadelphia (1)

3 Pittsburgh (4)

SECOND TIER

4 Tampa Bay (5)

5 Detroit (3)

6 Boston (8)

7 Dallas (6)

8 Washington (7)

9 Montreal (10)

THIRD TIER

10 San Jose (20)

11 Nashville (11)

12 New York Rangers (9)

13 Minnesota (17)

14 Anaheim (12)

15 Los Angeles (21)

16 Phoenix (13)

17 Chicago (16)

18 Calgary (25)

19 Atlanta (15)

20 Carolina (18)

21 Colorado (14)

FOURTH TIER

22 Columbus (22)

23 St. Louis (19)

24 Florida (24)

25 Buffalo (23)

FIFTH TIER

26 Toronto (26)

SIXTH TIER

27 Ottawa (27)

28 New Jersey (30)

29 New York Islanders (29)

30 Edmonton (28)

BIGGEST RISERS: San Jose (10 spots), Calgary (7 spots), Los Angeles (6 spots), Minnesota (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Colorado (7 spots), Atlanta and St. Louis (4 spots), New York Rangers and Phoenix (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 Pacific (62)

2 Atlantic (74)

3 Southeast (75)

4 Central (78)

5 Northwest (83)

6 Northeast (93)

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 West 223

2 East 242