NHL power rankings for mid-January

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

SECOND TIER

2 Calgary (9-9-7-2-6)

3 Winnipeg (3-4-6-3-4)

4 San Jose (16-12-13-11-7)

5 Vegas (25-28-22-8-5)

6 Boston (10-10-12-16-14)

7 Montreal (13-13-17-12-12)

8 Pittsburgh (12-30-25-15-8)

9 New York Islanders (11-11-14-20-11)

10 Nashville (1-1-3-5-10)

11 Columbus (14-7-9-14-9)

12 Toronto (4-3-2-4-2)

13 Washington (17-17-8-6-3)

THIRD TIER

14 Vancouver (6-15-27-19-13)

15 Carolina (19-24-18-22-23)

16 Buffalo (15-5-4-9-15)

17 Anaheim (21-23-10-7-17)

18 Colorado (8-16-5-10-16)

19 Dallas (18-8-11-17-18)

20 Edmonton (7-21-21-13-19)

21 Minnesota (5-6-16-18-21)

22 New York Rangers (28-14-15-21-22)

23 St. Louis (26-27-31-24)

24 Arizona (22-22-23-26-27)

25 Los Angeles (31-31-30-28)

26 Chicago (20-25-29-20)

27 Ottawa (23-20-20-24-30)

28 Florida (30-26-26-25-25)

29 New Jersey (27-29-28-26)

30 Detroit (29-18-19-23-29)

31 Philadelphia (24-19-24-31)

BIGGEST RISERS: Boston and Carolina (8 spots), Montreal (5 spots), Calgary (4 spots), Arizona, Los Angeles, Ottawa and San Jose (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Toronto and Washington (10 spots), Chicago (6 spots), Florida and New Jersey (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 PACIFIC 13.88

2 ATLANTIC 15.88

3 CENTRAL 17.14

4 METROPOLITAN 17.25

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 31.02

2 EAST 33.13