NHL power rankings for start of February

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Washington (9-8-8-1)

2 Minnesota (21-6-5-3)

3 Columbus (8-4-1-2)

4 Pittsburgh (6-5-2-4)

5 Montreal (3-3-7-7)

6 Chicago (1-1-3-5)

7 Anaheim (11-12-12-9)

8 Edmonton (20-14-9-10)

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

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

SECOND TIER

11 Ottawa (5-11-11-11)

12 Nashville (13-23-23-21)

13 Boston (14-13-13-12)

14 Philadelphia (15-10-10-17)

15 Toronto (17-24-16-15)

16 Florida (19-18-20-19)

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

18 Dallas (22-22-17-18)

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

20 Carolina (24-20-15-13)

21 Calgary (26-16-18-14)

22 Vancouver (25-26-25-22)

23 Winnipeg (23-21-24-23)

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

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

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

27 Buffalo (27-25-26-27)

28 Detroit (18-19-22-28)

THIRD TIER

29 Arizona (29-29-29-29)

FOURTH TIER

30 Colorado (28-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Nashville (9 spots), New York Islanders (7 spots), Florida and Philadelphia (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: St. Louis (8 spots), Calgary and Carolina (7 spots), New York Rangers (4 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 11.88

2T PACIFIC 16.43

2T CENTRAL 16.43

4 ATLANTIC 17.5

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 29.38

2 WEST 32.86