NHL power rankings for mid-February

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

17 Philadelphia (24-19-24-31-31)

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

19 Chicago (20-25-29-20-26)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Philadelphia (14 spots), Florida, St. Louis and Toronto (8 spots), Chicago (7 spots), Detroit and Washington (5 spots), Boston (4 spots), Carolina, Dallas and New York Islanders (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Anaheim (12 spots), Edmonton (11 spots), Vegas and Vancouver (8 spots), Montreal (7 spots), Calgary and Colorado (5 spots), Ottawa (4 spots), Arizona (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 METROPOLITAN 14.38

2 CENTRAL 15.57

3 ATLANTIC 18.13

4 PACIFIC 19.63

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 32.51

2 WEST 35.20