NHL power rankings for end of regular season

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Tampa Bay (1-1-1-1-1-4-1-2)

2 Nashville (12-7-7-7-4-6-3-1)

3 Boston (27-22-8-5-2-2-2-3)

4 Winnipeg (8-2-3-3-5-3-5-4)

SECOND TIER

5 Toronto (3-4-9-10-11-5-6-6)

6 Vegas (7-9-2-2-3-1-4-5)

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

8 Philadelphia (20-29-24-21-18-13-7-14)

9 Columbus (11-3-10-13-20-23-21-20)

10 Los Angeles (4-13-6-11-16-16-15-11)

11 Washington (10-11-4-4-8-10-12-7)

12 Anaheim (23-24-20-17-14-15-13-13)

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

14 Colorado (25-23-23-16-15-18-14-10)

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

16 New Jersey (5-5-5-22-17-17-16-17)

17 Florida (30-27-21-18-23-21-19-15)

18 St. Louis (2-8-13-14-9-12-18-19)

19 Dallas (24-16-12-9-6-8-10-16)

THIRD TIER

20 Carolina (18-19-16-24-24-20-20-23)

21 Calgary (14-15-17-6-10-14-17-18)

22 New York Islanders (16-10-15-23-19-19-24-25)

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

24 Chicago (21-21-18-20-21-24-23-24)

25 New York Rangers (15-12-14-15-22-25-27-21)

FOURTH TIER

26 Vancouver (17-18-28-29-27-27-25-31)

27 Arizona (31-30-31-31-31-30-29-29)

28 Detroit (22-25-25-25-25-22-22-28)

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

FIFTH TIER

30 Ottawa (9-26-29-28-29-26-30-22)

SIXTH TIER

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Columbus (11 spots), Philadelphia (6 spots), Vancouver (5 spots), Carolina, Edmonton  and New York Islanders (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Ottawa (8 spots), Minnesota (7 spots), Colorado, New York Rangers and Washington (4 spots), Calgary and Dallas (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 13.71

2 METROPOLITAN 14.88

3 PACIFIC 17.25

4 ATLANTIC 18

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 30.96

2 EAST 32.88