NHL power rankings for mid-January

By Rick Morris

 

Previous rankings are in parentheses, from start of season to present.

 

TOP TIER

1 Anaheim (2-8-1)

2 Nashville (9-2-4)

3 New York Islanders (7-1-3)

4 Tampa Bay (5-5-6)

5 Montreal (1-4-5)

6 St. Louis (4-3-7)

7 Detroit (12-9-8)

8 Washington (22-19-12)

9 Chicago (17-11-2)

10 New York Rangers (20-17-11)

11 Winnipeg (15-16-13)

12 Pittsburgh (3-6-9)

13 San Jose (16-18-14)

14 Boston (8-12-17)

15 Vancouver (6-7-10)

16 Calgary (10-10-19)

17 Florida (23-20-16)

18 Colorado (26-22-25)

19 Los Angeles (11-13-15)

20 Dallas (24-24-20)

21 Toronto (13-15-18)

SECOND TIER

22 Ottawa (14-21-21)

23 Columbus (29-30-23)

24 Minnesota (18-14-22)

25 Philadelphia (21-28-27)

26 New Jersey (19-23-28)

THIRD TIER

27 Carolina (28-27-29)

28 Arizona (25-25-26)

FOURTH TIER

29 Edmonton (27-29-30)

30 Buffalo (30-26-24)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Colorado (7 spots), Washington (4 spots), Boston and Calgary (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Chicago (7 spots), Buffalo (6 spots), Vancouver (5 spots), Los Angeles (4 spots), Pittsburgh and Toronto (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 12.86

2 ATLANTIC 15

3 METROPOLITAN 16.75

4 PACIFIC 17.29

 

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 30.15

2 EAST 31.75