NHL power rankings for mid-January

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Washington (3-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 Chicago (6-6-5)

3 Dallas (2-2-2)

THIRD TIER

4 Florida (19-15-7)

5 Los Angeles (7-5-4)

6 St. Louis (4-8-6)

7 Detroit (11-7-15)

8 New York Islanders (13-3-3)

9 Tampa Bay (18-14-13)

10 Minnesota (17-11-9)

11 Arizona (10-20-22)

12 Carolina (27-29-19)

13 New York Rangers (5-9-12)

14 San Jose (8-24-25)

15 Vancouver (20-25-26)

16 Colorado (28-28-17)

17 Boston (15-10-8)

18 Montreal (1-4-11)

19 Philadelphia (21-17-20)

20 New Jersey (16-16-10)

21 Ottawa (14-12-16)

22 Pittsburgh (9-19-21)

23 Anaheim (25-26-27)

24 Nashville (12-13-14)

25 Winnipeg (23-23-24)

26 Calgary (29-21-18)

27 Toronto (26-27-23)

28 Edmonton (30-18-28)

29 Buffalo (22-22-29)

30 Columbus (24-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Arizona, San Jose and Vancouver (11 spots), Detroit (8 spots), Carolina (7 spots), Anaheim and Tampa Bay (4 spots), Chicago and Florida (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: New Jersey (10 spots), Boston (9 spots), Calgary (8 spots), Montreal (7 spots), New York Islanders and Ottawa (5 spots), Toronto (4 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 12.29

2 METROPOLITAN 15.63

3 ATLANTIC 16.5

4 PACIFIC 17.43

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 29.72

2 EAST 32.13