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