NHL power rankings for mid-January

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Tampa Bay (1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 Vegas (7-9-2)

3 Winnipeg (8-2-3)

4 Washington (10-11-4)

THIRD TIER

5 Boston (27-22-8)

6 Calgary (14-15-17)

7 Nashville (12-7-7)

8 Minnesota (26-17-19)

9 Dallas (24-16-12)

10 Toronto (3-4-9)

11 Los Angeles (4-13-6)

12 San Jose (13-14-11)

13 Columbus (11-3-10)

14 St. Louis (2-8-13)

15 New York Rangers (15-12-14)

16 Colorado (25-23-23)

17 Anaheim (23-24-20)

18 Florida (30-27-21)

19 Pittsburgh (6-6-22)

20 Chicago (21-21-18)

21 Philadelphia (20-29-24)

22 New Jersey (5-5-5)

23 New York Islanders (16-10-15)

24 Carolina (18-19-16)

25 Detroit (22-25-25)

26 Montreal (19-20-27)

27 Edmonton (29-28-26)

28 Ottawa (9-26-29)

29 Vancouver (17-18-28)

FOURTH TIER

30 Buffalo (28-31-30)

FIFTH TIER

31 Arizona (31-30-31)

BIGGEST RISERS: Calgary and Minnesota (11 spots), Colorado (7 spots),

Anaheim, Boston, Dallas, Florida, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: New Jersey (17 spots), Carolina and New York Islanders (8 spots), Los Angeles (5 spots), Columbus (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 8.14

2 METROPOLITAN 17.63

3 ATLANTIC 17.88

4 PACIFIC 18.13

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 26.27

2 EAST 35.51