NHL power rankings for mid-February

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Washington (9-8-8-1-1)

2 Minnesota (21-6-5-3-2)

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

4 New York Rangers (2-2-4-6-10)

5 Chicago (1-1-3-5-6)

6 Columbus (8-4-1-2-3)

7 San Jose (7-7-6-8-9)

8 Montreal (3-3-7-7-5)

9 Edmonton (20-14-9-10-8)

10 Anaheim (11-12-12-9-7)

11 Boston (14-13-13-12-13)

12 Ottawa (5-11-11-11-11)

13 St. Louis (4-9-14-16-24)

14 Nashville (13-23-23-21-12)

15 New York Islanders (30-28-27-24-17)

16 Philadelphia (15-10-10-17-14)

17 Los Angeles (12-15-21-20-19)

18 Florida (19-18-20-19-16)

19 Toronto (17-24-16-15-15)

20 New Jersey (16-27-28-26-26)

21 Tampa Bay (10-17-19-25-25)

22 Calgary (26-16-18-14-21)

23 Winnipeg (23-21-24-23-23)

24 Dallas (22-22-17-18-18)

25 Vancouver (25-26-25-22-22)

26 Carolina (24-20-15-13-20)

27 Buffalo (27-25-26-27-27)

28 Detroit (18-19-22-28-28)

SECOND TIER

29 Arizona (29-29-29-29-29)

THIRD TIER

30 Colorado (28-30-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: St. Louis (11 spots), New Jersey and New York Rangers (6 spots), Tampa Bay (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Carolina and Dallas (6 spots), Toronto (4 spots), Anaheim, Columbus, Montreal and Vancouver (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 METROPOLITAN 11.38

2 CENTRAL 15.86

3 PACIFIC 17

4 ATLANTIC 18

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 29.38

2 WEST 32.86