NHL power rankings for mid-November

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

1 Nashville (1)

2 Tampa Bay (2)

3 Toronto (4)

4 Winnipeg (3)

5 Buffalo (15)

6 Minnesota (5)

7 Columbus (14)

8 Dallas (18)

9 Calgary (9)

10 Boston (10)

11 NY Islanders (11)

12 San Jose (16)

13 Montreal (13)

14 New York Rangers (28)

15 Vancouver (6)

16 Colorado (8)

17 Washington (17)

18 Detroit (29)

19 Philadelphia (24)

20 Ottawa (23)

21 Edmonton (7)

22 Arizona (22)

23 Anaheim (21)

24 Carolina (19)

25 Chicago (20)

26 Florida (30)

27 St. Louis (26)

28 Vegas (25)

29 New Jersey (27)

30 Pittsburgh (12)

31 Los Angeles (31)

BIGGEST RISERS: New York Rangers (14 spots), Detroit (11 spots), Buffalo and Dallas (10 spots), Columbus (7 spots), Philadelphia (5 spots), Florida and San Jose (4 spots), Ottawa (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Pittsburgh (18 spots), Edmonton (14 spots), Vancouver (9 spots), Colorado (8 spots), Carolina and Chicago (5 spots), Vegas (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 12.13

2 ATLANTIC 12.43

3 PACIFIC 18.88

4 METROPOLITAN 20.15

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 30.01

2 EAST 32.58