NHL power rankings for start of December

By Rick Morris

TOP TIER

1 Chicago

2 New York Rangers

3 Montreal

SECOND TIER

4 St. Louis

5 Ottawa

6 Pittsburgh

7 San Jose

8 Columbus

9 Washington

10 Tampa Bay

11 Anaheim

12 Los Angeles

13 Nashville

14 Boston

15 Philadelphia

16 New Jersey

17 Toronto

18 Detroit

19 Florida

20 Edmonton

21 Minnesota

22 Dallas

23 Winnipeg

24 Carolina

25 Vancouver

26 Calgary

27 Buffalo

28 Colorado

29 Arizona

30 New York Islanders

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF TEAMS, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 CENTRAL 13.14

2 METROPOLITAN 13.75

3 ATLANTIC 14.13

4 PACIFIC 18.57

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 27.88

2 WEST 31.71