Sunday, March 6, 2011

NHL power rankings for start of March

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from mid-February are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Vancouver (1)

SECOND TIER

2 Detroit (4)

3 Philadelphia (2)

4 Boston (6)

5 San Jose (12)

6 Pittsburgh (5)

7 Tampa Bay (3)

8 Chicago (17)

9 Washington (8)

10 Montreal (10)

11 Phoenix (11)

12 Dallas (7)

13 Calgary (16)

14 Los Angeles (15)

15 Nashville (9)

16 Anaheim (13)

17 Minnesota (14)

18 New York Rangers (18)

19 Buffalo (22)

20 Carolina (20)

21 Columbus (21)

22 Toronto (26)

23 St. Louis (23)

24 Atlanta (19)

THIRD TIER

25 New Jersey (27)

26 Florida (25)

27 Colorado (24)

28 New York Islanders (28)

FOURTH TIER

29 Edmonton (30)

30 Ottawa (29)

BIGGEST RISERS: Chicago (9 spots), San Jose (7 spots), Toronto (4 spots), Buffalo and Calgary (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Nashville (6 spots), Atlanta and Dallas (5 spots), Tampa Bay (4 spots), Anaheim, Colorado and Minnesota (3 spots)

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

1 Pacific (58)

2 Central (69)

3 Atlantic (80)

4 Northeast (85)

5 Southeast (86)

6 Northwest (87)

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 West 214

2 East 251

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