Sunday, February 4, 2018

NHL power rankings for start of February


By Rick Morris


NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.


TOP TIER

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

2 Boston (27-22-8-5)

3 Vegas (7-9-2-2)

4 Nashville (12-7-7-7)

5 Winnipeg (8-2-3-3)

6 Dallas (24-16-12-9)

7 Minnesota (26-17-19-8)

8 Washington (10-11-4-4)

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

10 Calgary (14-15-17-6)

11 Toronto (3-4-9-10)

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

13 Pittsburgh (6-6-22-19)

14 Anaheim (23-24-20-17)

15 Colorado (25-23-23-16)

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

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

18 Philadelphia (20-29-24-21)

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

20 Columbus (11-3-10-13)

21 Chicago (21-21-18-20)

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

23 Florida (30-27-21-18)

24 Carolina (18-19-16-24)

25 Detroit (22-25-25-25)

26 Edmonton (29-28-26-27)

27 Vancouver (17-18-28-29)

28 Montreal (19-20-27-26)

29 Ottawa (9-26-29-28)

SECOND TIER

30 Buffalo (28-31-30-30)

31 Arizona (31-30-31-31)


BIGGEST RISERS: Pittsburgh (6 spots), New Jersey and St. Louis (5 spots), New York Islanders (4 spots), Anaheim, Boston, Dallas, Nashville and Philadelphia (3 spots)


BIGGEST FALLERS: Columbus and New York Rangers (7 spots), Florida and Los Angeles (5 spots), Calgary and Washington (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 CENTRAL 9.57

2 METROPOLITAN 17.63

3T ATLANTIC 18.63

3T PACIFIC 18.63


RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 28.2

2 EAST 36.26

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