NHL power rankings for mid-January

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Washington (3-1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 Chicago (6-6-5-2)

3 Dallas (2-2-2-3)

THIRD TIER

4 Florida (19-15-7-4)

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

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

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

8 Detroit (11-7-15-7)

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

10 Carolina (27-29-19-12)

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

12 Colorado (28-28-17-16)

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

14 Arizona (10-20-22-11)

15 Vancouver (20-25-26-15)

16 Boston (15-10-8-17)

17 Philadelphia (21-17-20-19)

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

19 Anaheim (25-26-27-23)

20 Nashville (12-13-14-24)

21 Minnesota (17-11-9-10)

22 Pittsburgh (9-19-21-22)

23 Ottawa (14-12-16-21)

24 Montreal (1-4-11-18)

25 Winnipeg (23-23-24-25)

26 Calgary (29-21-18-26)

27 Buffalo (22-22-29-29)

28 Edmonton (30-18-28-28)

29 Columbus (24-30-30-30)

30 Toronto (26-27-23-27)

BIGGEST RISERS: Anaheim, Colorado, Nashville and New York Rangers (4 spots), San Jose (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Minnesota (11 spots), Montreal (6 spots), New York Islanders (5 spots), Arizona and Toronto (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 12.71

2 METROPOLITAN 14.88

3 PACIFIC 16.86

4 ATLANTIC 17.38

 

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 29.57

2 EAST 32.26