NHL power rankings for mid-February

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Washington (3-1-1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 Chicago (6-6-5-2-2)

3 Dallas (2-2-2-3-3)

THIRD TIER

4 Florida (19-15-7-4-4)

5 St. Louis (4-8-6-6-6)

6 Los Angeles (7-5-4-5-5)

7 Tampa Bay (18-14-13-9-7)

8 New York Rangers (5-9-12-13-9)

9 Detroit (11-7-15-7-8)

10 New York Islanders (13-3-3-8-13)

11 Boston (15-10-8-17-16)

12 Pittsburgh (9-19-21-22-22)

13 New Jersey (16-16-10-20-18)

14 San Jose (8-24-25-14-11)

15 Anaheim (25-26-27-23-19)

16 Colorado (28-28-17-16-12)

17 Nashville (12-13-14-24-20)

18 Vancouver (20-25-26-15-15)

19 Carolina (27-29-19-12-10)

20 Philadelphia (21-17-20-19-17)

21 Calgary (29-21-18-26-26)

22 Montreal (1-4-11-18-24)

23 Ottawa (14-12-16-21-23)

24 Arizona (10-20-22-11-14)

25 Winnipeg (23-23-24-25-25)

26 Minnesota (17-11-9-10-21)

27 Columbus (24-30-30-30-29)

28 Buffalo (22-22-29-29-27)

29 Edmonton (30-18-28-28-28)

30 Toronto (26-27-23-27-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Pittsburgh (10 spots), Boston, Calgary and New Jersey (5 spots), Anaheim (4 spots), New York Islanders and Nashville (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Arizona (10 spots), Carolina (9 spots), Minnesota (5 spots), Colorado (4 spots), Philadelphia, San Jose and Vancouver (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 13.43

2 METROPOLITAN 13.75

3 ATLANTIC 16.75

4 PACIFIC 18.14

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 30.5

2 WEST 31.57