Sunday, April 14, 2013

NHL power rankings for mid-April



By Rick Morris
NOTE: Previous periods’ rankings in parentheses.

TOP TIER
1 Chicago (1-1-1-2)
2 Pittsburgh (4-5-4-1)
SECOND TIER
3 Anaheim (2-2-2-4)
4 Montreal (9-3-3-3)
5 Boston (6-4-5-5)
6 Vancouver (5-7-9-7)
7 Los Angeles (23-8-7-10)
8 San Jose (16-19-19-11)
9 Toronto (13-13-12-9)
10 Ottawa (15-6-8-8)
11 St. Louis (10-10-10-15)
12 Washington (27-27-28-21)
13 New York Islanders (28-26-21-17)
14 Minnesota (19-16-14-6)
15 New York Rangers (14-22-20-16)
16 Detroit (12-17-15-13)
17 Winnipeg (25-20-17-14)
18 Dallas (11-11-18-19)
19 Phoenix (18-14-11-24)
20 Columbus (30-30-23-20)
21 Edmonton (22-24-25-18)
22 New Jersey (3-9-13-12)
23 Buffalo (21-28-26-26)
24 Philadelphia (20-15-22-27)
25 Tampa Bay (17-21-29-25)
26 Nashville (7-12-16-22)
27 Calgary (29-23-24-28)
28 Carolina (8-18-6-23-23)
29 Florida (26-25-30-29)
30 Colorado (24-29-27-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Washington (9 spots), Phoenix (5 spots), New York Islanders and St. Louis (4 spots), Buffalo, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and San Jose (3 spots)
BIGGEST FALLERS: New Jersey (10 spots), Minnesota (8 spots), Carolina (5 spots), Nashville (4 spots), Detroit, Edmonton and Winnipeg (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST
1 NORTHEAST 51
2 PACIFIC 55
3 CENTRAL 74
4 ATLANTIC 76
5 NORTHWEST 98
6 SOUTHEAST 111
RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE
1 WEST 227
2 EAST 238


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