NHL power rankings for mid-February

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Vegas (7-9-2-2-3)

2 Boston (27-22-8-5-2)

3 Winnipeg (8-2-3-3-5)

4 Tampa Bay (1-1-1-1-1)

5 Toronto (3-4-9-10-11)

6 Nashville (12-7-7-7-4)

7 Minnesota (26-17-19-8-7)

8 Dallas (24-16-12-9-6)

9 Pittsburgh (6-6-22-19-13)

10 Washington (10-11-4-4-8)

11 San Jose (13-14-11-12-12)

12 St. Louis (2-8-13-14-9)

13 Philadelphia (20-29-24-21-18)

14 Calgary (14-15-17-6-10)

15 Anaheim (23-24-20-17-14)

16 Los Angeles (4-13-6-11-16)

17 New Jersey (5-5-5-22-17)

18 Colorado (25-23-23-16-15)

19 New York Islanders (16-10-15-23-19)

20 Carolina (18-19-16-24-24)

21 Florida (30-27-21-18-23)

22 Detroit (22-25-25-25-25)

23 Columbus (11-3-10-13-20)

24 Chicago (21-21-18-20-21)

25 New York Rangers (15-12-14-15-22)

SECOND TIER

26 Ottawa (9-26-29-28-29)

27 Vancouver (17-18-28-29-27)

28 Edmonton (29-28-26-27-26)

29 Montreal (19-20-27-26-28)

THIRD TIER

30 Arizona (31-30-31-31-31)

31 Buffalo (28-31-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Toronto (6 spots), Philadelphia (5 spots), Carolina and Pittsburgh (4 spots), Detroit and Ottawa (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Calgary (4 spots), Chicago, Colorado, Columbus, New York Rangers, St. Louis and Tampa Bay (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 11.43

2 METROPOLITAN 17

3 ATLANTIC 17.5

4 PACIFIC 17.75

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 29.18

2 EAST 34.5