Saturday, December 14, 2013

NHL power rankings for mid-December



By Rick Morris

NOTE: Previous rankings are in parentheses, from start of November to present.

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Carolina, Columbus, Los Angeles and Vancouver (5 spots), Anaheim and Dallas (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: New York Rangers (6 spots), Detroit, New Jersey and San Jose (4 spots), Colorado (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF TEAMS, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST
1 CENTRAL 11.57
2 PACIFIC 11.86
3 ATLANTIC 17.13
4 METROPOLITAN 20.5

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE
1 WEST 23.43
2 EAST 37.63

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