NHL power rankings for start of January

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Washington (3-1)

2 Dallas (2-2)

SECOND TIER

3 New York Islanders (13-3)

4 Los Angeles (7-5)

5 Chicago (6-6)

6 St. Louis (4-8)

7 Florida (19-15)

8 Boston (15-10)

9 Minnesota (17-11)

10 New Jersey (16-16)

11 Montreal (1-4)

12 New York Rangers (5-9)

13 Tampa Bay (18-14)

14 Nashville (12-13)

15 Detroit (11-7)

16 Ottawa (14-12)

17 Colorado (28-28)

18 Calgary (29-21)

19 Carolina (27-29)

20 Philadelphia (21-17)

21 Pittsburgh (9-19)

22 Arizona (10-20)

23 Toronto (26-27)

24 Winnipeg (23-23)

25 San Jose (8-24)

26 Vancouver (20-25)

27 Anaheim (25-26)

28 Edmonton (30-18)

29 Buffalo (22-22)

30 Columbus (24-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Colorado (11 spots), Carolina (10 spots), Florida (8 spots), New Jersey (6 spots), Toronto (4 spots), Calgary (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Edmonton (10 spots), Detroit (8 spots), Buffalo (7 spots), Montreal (7 spots), Ottawa (4 spots), New York Rangers and Philadelphia (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

2 METROPOLITAN 14.5

3 ATLANTIC 15.25

4 PACIFIC 21.43

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 29.75

2 WEST 32.43