NHL power rankings for start of January

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 St. Louis (3-3)

2 Washington (2-1)

3 Boston (1-5)

SECOND TIER

4 NY Islanders (4-4)

5 Pittsburgh (13-6)

6 Colorado (7-2)

7 Toronto (19-17)

8 Dallas (10-8)

9 Carolina (11-7)

10 Vegas (16-12)

11 Philadelphia (6-14)

12 Vancouver (15-21)

13 Florida (14-22)

14 Tampa Bay (24-20)

15 Buffalo (20-13)

16 Calgary (17-10)

17 Arizona (8-9)

18 Minnesota (22-15)

19 Winnipeg (9-11)

20 NY Rangers (18-18)

21 Montreal (21-19)

22 Edmonton (5-16)

23 Columbus (25-26)

24 Nashville (23-24)

25 Chicago (27-26)

26 San Jose (12-23)

27 Ottawa (29-27)

28 Anaheim (26-25)

29 Los Angeles (28-29)

30 New Jersey (30-30)

THIRD TIER

31 Detroit (31-31)

BIGGEST RISERS: Toronto (10 spots), Florida and Vancouver (9 spots), Tampa Bay (6 spots), Columbus (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Arizona and Winnipeg (8 spots), Calgary and Edmonton (6 spots), Colorado (4 spots), Anaheim, Minnesota, Philadelphia and San Jose (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

2 CENTRAL 14.43

3 ATLANTIC 16.38

4 PACIFIC 20

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 29.38

2 WEST 34.43