NHL power rankings for mid-March

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

SECOND TIER

2 St. Louis (4-8-6-6-6-5-2)

3 Dallas (2-2-2-3-3-3-4)

4 Chicago (6-6-5-2-2-2-3)

5 Boston (15-10-8-17-16-11-12)

6 Tampa Bay (18-14-13-9-7-7-5)

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

8 New York Rangers (5-9-12-13-9-8-6)

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

10 Anaheim (25-26-27-23-19-15-8)

11 Los Angeles (7-5-4-5-5-6-9)

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

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

14 Pittsburgh (9-19-21-22-22-12-14)

15 San Jose (8-24-25-14-11-14-15)

16 Philadelphia (21-17-20-19-17-20-16)

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

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

19 Montreal (1-4-11-18-24-22-19)

20 Ottawa (14-12-16-21-23-23-20)

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

22 Carolina (27-29-19-12-10-19-22)

THIRD TIER

23 Columbus (24-30-30-30-29-27-23)

24 Vancouver (20-25-26-15-15-18-24)

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

26 Arizona (10-20-22-11-14-24-25)

27 Winnipeg (23-23-24-25-25-25-26)

28 Calgary (29-21-18-26-26-21-28)

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

FOURTH TIER

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

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Boston (7 spots), New York Islanders (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: none more than 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 12.29

2 METROPOLITAN 13.63

3 ATLANTIC 15.88

4 PACIFIC 20.43

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 29.51

2 WEST 32.72

NBA power rankings for mid-March

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Golden State (1-1-1-1-1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 San Antonio (2-2-2-2-2-2-2)

THIRD TIER

3 Cleveland (3-3-3-3-3-3-3)

4 Toronto (8-9-8-6-5-5-4)

5 LA Clippers (13-8-6-5-6-6-6)

6 Oklahoma City (6-4-4-4-4-4-5)

FOURTH TIER

7 Boston (15-10-13-15-9-8-7)

8 Memphis (11-14-15-11-7-7-8)

9 Charlotte (10-7-16-19-17-11-11)

10 Miami (5-11-10-10-10-9-9)

11 Atlanta (12-16-5-8-12-10-12)

12 Portland (21-19-20-20-16-13-10)

13 Detroit (19-15-14-14-14-17-15)

14 Indiana (4-6-12-12-13-12-13)

15 Dallas (9-13-11-9-8-15-14)

16 Houston (22-17-19-13-15-18-18)

17 Chicago (7-5-7-7-11-16-17)

18 Denver (24-23-25-24-25-21-24)

19 Washington (23-22-17-16-18-19-16)

20 Utah (14-18-21-21-19-14-19)

21 Orlando (16-12-9-17-21-20-20)

22 Milwaukee (26-26-24-23-23-22-22)

23 New Orleans (27-28-23-25-24-25-23)

24 Sacramento (25-25-22-22-22-23-21)

25 New York (20-21-18-18-20-24-25)

FIFTH TIER

26 Minnesota (18-24-26-27-27-26-26)

SIXTH TIER

27 Brooklyn (28-27-27-26-26-27-27)

28 Phoenix (17-20-28-28-28-28-28)

SEVENTH TIER

29 LA Lakers (29-29-29-29-29-29-29)

EIGHTH TIER

30 Philadelphia (30-30-30-30-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Denver (6 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Sacramento and Washington (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1T EAST 232

1T WEST 232

NHL power rankings for start of March

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Anaheim (7 spots), Minnesota (5 spots), Columbus, Nashville and Philadelphia (4 spots), Montreal and St. Louis (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Calgary (7 spots), Vancouver (6 spots), New Jersey (5 spots), Carolina, Florida and 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 12.29

2 METROPOLITAN 13.75

3 ATLANTIC 16.38

4 PACIFIC 19.86

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 30.13

2 WEST 32.15

NBA power rankings for start of March

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Golden State (1-1-1-1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 San Antonio (2-2-2-2-2-2)

THIRD TIER

3 Cleveland (3-3-3-3-3-3)

4 Toronto (8-9-8-6-5-5)

5 Oklahoma City (6-4-4-4-4-4)

6 LA Clippers (13-8-6-5-6-6)

FOURTH TIER

7 Boston (15-10-13-15-9-8)

8 Memphis (11-14-15-11-7-7)

9 Miami (5-11-10-10-10-9)

10 Portland (21-19-20-20-16-13)

11 Charlotte (10-7-16-19-17-11)

12 Atlanta (12-16-5-8-12-10)

13 Indiana (4-6-12-12-13-12)

14 Dallas (9-13-11-9-8-15)

15 Detroit (19-15-14-14-14-17)

16 Washington (23-22-17-16-18-19)

17 Chicago (7-5-7-7-11-16)

18 Houston (22-17-19-13-15-18)

19 Utah (14-18-21-21-19-14)

FIFTH TIER

20 Orlando (16-12-9-17-21-20)

21 Sacramento (25-25-22-22-22-23)

22 Milwaukee (26-26-24-23-23-22)

23 New Orleans (27-28-23-25-24-25)

24 Denver (24-23-25-24-25-21)

25 New York (20-21-18-18-20-24)

SIXTH TIER

26 Minnesota (18-24-26-27-27-26)

27 Brooklyn (28-27-27-26-26-27)

28 Phoenix (17-20-28-28-28-28)

SEVENTH TIER

29 LA Lakers (29-29-29-29-29-29)

EIGHTH TIER

30 Philadelphia (30-30-30-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Portland and Washington (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Utah (5 spots), Denver (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 EAST 231

2 WEST 234