NHL power rankings for start of February

By Rick Morris

 

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

 

TOP TIER

1 Anaheim (2-8-1-1)

2 St. Louis (4-3-7-6)

3 Nashville (9-2-4-2)

4 Tampa Bay (5-5-6-4)

5 Detroit (12-9-8-7)

6 New York Islanders (7-1-3-3)

7 Montreal (1-4-5-5)

8 Pittsburgh (3-6-9-12)

9 Chicago (17-11-2-9)

SECOND TIER

10 Boston (8-12-17-14)

11 Winnipeg (15-16-13-11)

12 San Jose (16-18-14-13)

13 Washington (22-19-12-8)

14 New York Rangers (20-17-11-10)

THIRD TIER

15 Calgary (10-10-19-16)

16 Vancouver (6-7-10-15)

FOURTH TIER

17 Colorado (26-22-25-18)

18 Dallas (24-24-20-20)

19 Philadelphia (21-28-27-25)

20 Los Angeles (11-13-15-19)

21 Florida (23-20-16-17)

22 Ottawa (14-21-21-22)

23 New Jersey (19-23-28-26)

24 Minnesota (18-14-22-24)

25 Columbus (29-30-23-23)

26 Toronto (13-15-18-21)

FIFTH TIER

27 Carolina (28-27-29-27)

28 Arizona (25-25-26-28)

SIXTH TIER

29 Edmonton (27-29-30-29)

SEVENTH TIER

30 Buffalo (30-26-24-30)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Philadelphia (6 spots), Boston, St. Louis, Pittsburgh (4 spots), New Jersey (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Toronto and Washington (5 spots), Florida and New York Rangers (4 spots), New York Islanders (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

2 ATLANTIC 15.63

3 METROPOLITAN 16.88

4 PACIFIC 17.29

 

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 29.29

2 EAST 32.51