NHL power rankings for mid-January

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Washington (9-8-8)

2 Columbus (8-4-1)

3 Minnesota (21-6-5)

4 Pittsburgh (6-5-2)

5 Chicago (1-1-3)

6 New York Rangers (2-2-4)

7 Montreal (3-3-7)

SECOND TIER

8 San Jose (7-7-6)

9 Anaheim (11-12-12)

10 Edmonton (20-14-9)

11 Ottawa (5-11-11)

12 Boston (14-13-13)

13 Carolina (24-20-15)

14 Calgary (26-16-18)

15 Toronto (17-24-16)

16 St. Louis (4-9-14)

17 Philadelphia (15-10-10)

18 Dallas (22-22-17)

19 Florida (19-18-20)

20 Los Angeles (12-15-21)

21 Nashville (13-23-23)

22 Vancouver (25-26-25)

23 Winnipeg (23-21-24)

24 New York Islanders (30-28-27)

25 Tampa Bay (10-17-19)

26 New Jersey (16-27-28)

27 Buffalo (27-25-26)

28 Detroit (18-19-22)

THIRD TIER

29 Arizona (29-29-29)

FOURTH TIER

30 Colorado (28-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Washington (7 spots), Calgary (4 spots), Anaheim, New York Islanders and Vancouver (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Philadelphia (7 spots), Detroit and Tampa Bay (6 spots)

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

1 METROPOLITAN 11.63

2 PACIFIC 16

3 CENTRAL 16.57

4 ATLANTIC 18

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 29.63

2 WEST 32.57