NHL power rankings for start of April

By Rick Morris

 

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

 

TOP TIER

1 Anaheim (2-8-1-1-1-4-5-2)

2 New York Rangers (20-17-11-10-14-10-6-1)

3 Tampa Bay (5-5-6-4-4-8-9-3)

4 Montreal (1-4-5-5-7-3-2-4)

5 Nashville (9-2-4-2-3-1-1-7)

6 Chicago (17-11-2-9-9-9-10-9)

7 St. Louis (4-3-7-6-2-2-3-5)

8 Minnesota (18-14-22-24-24-16-13-12)

9 Vancouver (6-7-10-15-16-15-14-13)

10 Detroit (12-9-8-7-5-6-8-8)

11 Pittsburgh (3-6-9-12-8-7-7-10)

12 Washington (22-19-12-8-13-11-12-17)

13 Boston (8-12-17-14-10-17-17-11)

14 New York Islanders (7-1-3-3-6-5-4-6)

15 Winnipeg (15-16-13-11-11-12-11-16)

16 Calgary (10-10-19-16-15-13-16-14)

17 Ottawa (14-21-21-22-22-23-19-18)

18 Los Angeles (11-13-15-19-20-18-15-15)

SECOND TIER

19 Dallas (24-24-20-20-18-19-20-21)

20 Florida (23-20-16-17-21-21-18-20)

21 Colorado (26-22-25-18-17-22-22-19)

22 San Jose (16-18-14-13-12-14-24-22)

THIRD TIER

23 Columbus (29-30-23-23-25-25-26-25)

24 Philadelphia (21-28-27-25-19-20-21-23)

25 New Jersey (19-23-28-26-23-24-23-24)

26 Carolina (28-27-29-27-27-27-25-26)

FOURTH TIER

27 Toronto (13-15-18-21-26-26-27-27)

FIFTH TIER

28 Edmonton (27-29-30-29-29-29-28-28)

SIXTH TIER

29 Arizona (25-25-26-28-28-28-29-29)

SEVENTH TIER

30 Buffalo (30-26-24-30-30-30-30-30)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Washington (5 spots), Minnesota and Vancouver (4 spots), Chicago (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: New York Islanders (8 spots), Los Angeles (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 ATLANTIC 15.5

3 METROPOLITAN 17.13

4 PACIFIC 17.57

 

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 29.14

2 EAST 32.63