NHL power rankings for mid- March

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Previous periods’ ranking in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Chicago (1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 Anaheim (2-2)

3 Montreal (9-3)

4 Pittsburgh (4-5)

5 Boston (6-4)

THIRD TIER

6 Carolina (8-18)

7 Los Angeles (23-8)

8 Ottawa (15-6)

9 Vancouver (5-7)

10 St. Louis (10-10)

11 Phoenix (18-14)

12 Toronto (13-13)

13 New Jersey (3-9)

14 Minnesota (19-16)

15 Detroit (12-17)

16 Nashville (7-12)

17 Winnipeg (25-20)

18 Dallas (11-11)

19 San Jose (16-19)

20 New York Rangers (14-22)

21 New York Islanders (28-26)

22 Philadelphia (20-15)

23 Columbus (30-30)

24 Calgary (29-23)

25 Edmonton (22-24)

26 Buffalo (21-28)

27 Colorado (24-29)

28 Washington (27-27)

29 Tampa Bay (17-21)

30 Florida (26-25)

BIGGEST RISERS: Carolina (12 spots), Columbus (7 spots), New York Islanders (5 spots), Phoenix and Winnipeg (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Tampa Bay (8 spots), Dallas and Philadelphia (7 spots), Florida (5 spots), Nashville and New Jersey (4 spots)

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

1 NORTHEAST 54

2 CENTRAL 55

3 PACIFIC 57

4 ATLANTIC 80

5 NORTHWEST 99

6 SOUTHEAST 110

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 211

2 EAST 244