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