NHL power rankings for mid-January

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 St. Louis (3-3-1)

2 Washington (2-1-2)

3 Boston (1-5-3)

SECOND TIER

4 Pittsburgh (13-6-5)

THIRD TIER

5 Tampa Bay (24-20-14)

6 NY Islanders (4-4-4)

7 Dallas (10-8-8)

8 Toronto (19-17-7)

9 Florida (14-22-13)

10 Calgary (17-10-16)

11 Vancouver (15-21-12)

12 Colorado (7-2-6)

13 Carolina (11-7-9)

14 Arizona (8-9-17)

15 Vegas (16-12-10)

16 Edmonton (5-16-22)

17 Columbus (25-26-23)

18 Philadelphia (6-14-11)

19 Winnipeg (9-11-19)

20 NY Rangers (18-18-20)

21 Chicago (27-26-25)

22 Buffalo (20-13-15)

23 Minnesota (22-15-18)

24 Montreal (21-19-21)

25 Nashville (23-24-24)

26 San Jose (12-23-26)

27 New Jersey (30-30-30)

28 Anaheim (26-25-28)

29 Los Angeles (28-29-29)

30 Ottawa (29-27-27)

31 Detroit (31-31-31)

BIGGEST RISERS: Tampa Bay (9 spots), Calgary, Columbus, Edmonton (6 spots), Chicago and Florida (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Buffalo and Philadelphia (7 spots), Colorado (6 spots), Minnesota and Vegas (5 spots), Carolina (4 spots), Montreal and Ottawa (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 13.38

2 CENTRAL 15.29

3 ATLANTIC 16.5

4 PACIFIC 18.63

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 29.88

2 WEST 33.92