This week, Florida, Nashville, and Winnipeg each moved up two spots while Washington, Edmonton, and Calgary each fell two spots.
The new formula still includes adjusted points per game (regulation wins count for two while games going to overtime count for one) and five-on-five goal ratio, but it now includes the fenwick tied percentages. All three are weighted to give more importance to Fenwick tied, then to five-on-five ratio, and lastly to adjusted points per game.
Here we go:
Eastern Conference
| This Week | Last Week |
Rationale | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
1 | 1 | The Bruins continue to lead the NHL, and a 6-0 win in Philadelphia went a long way toward ensuring they stay there. |
1.317 |
 |
2 | 3 |
Philadelphia moved up one spot largely due to having more regulation wins than the Rangers. Otherwise, the two teams are quite similar. |
1.093 |
 |
3 | 2 |
The Rangers drop out of the top two for the first time since Week 6. |
1.068 |
 |
4 |
4 |
Pittsburgh holds tight to the fourth spot, but there's definitely a gap between them and the top three. |
0.984 |
 |
5 |
7 |
The Panthers move back up two spots after falling two spots last week despite needing overtime in all three games last week. |
0.959 |
 |
6 |
5 |
Montreal has a new coach, so maybe he can improve their 7-4-7 record in one-goal games. |
0.940 |
 |
7 |
6 |
The Sabres just missed out on maintaining the sixth spot, but the 8-3 loss in Pittsburgh ensured that wouldn't happen. |
0.939 |
 |
8 |
10 |
Winnipeg continues to surprise as they are hanging around the playoff bubble. That has more to do with Montreal and Washington's struggles, but still. Not a bad team. |
0.922 |
 |
9 |
9 |
The Maple Leafs sit 18th in Fenwick tied and 14th in five-on-five ratio. Pretty average team up in Toronto. |
0.920 |
 |
10 |
8 |
Washington drops two spots as they could only score three goals in three games last week. These aren't your Capitals of two years ago. |
0.915 |
 |
11 |
12 |
The Devils have the 9th best Fenwick tied ratio in the league, but they are 24th in five-on-five ratio. |
0.879 |
|
12 |
11 |
Ottawa went 1-1-1 last week, but are still 21st in five-on-five ratio and 16th in Fenwick tied. |
0.869 |
 |
13 |
13 |
The Lightning continue to disappoint, sitting 26th in Fenwick tied and 22nd in five-on-five ratio. Not good in Tampa. |
0.825 |
|
14 | 14 | New York went 0-2-1 last week, but they beat the Wild in the shootout. |
0.789 |
 |
15 | 15 | The Hurricanes went 1-0-2 last week, beating Vancouver in regulation. That's impressive for them. |
0.753 |
Western Conference
| This Week | Last Week |
Rationale | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
1 | 1 |
The Red Wings beat Pittsburgh and L.A. by a combined score of 12-3, but lost to Nashville 4-3. Ho hum. |
1.269 |
 |
2 | 2 | St. Louis continues to impress, as they did before Hitchcock was hired. They went 2-0-1 last week. |
1.235 |
 |
3 |
3 |
The Sharks went 2-0-1 last week, further cementing themselves among the West's best teams. |
1.123 |
 |
4 |
4 |
Vancouver went 1-1-1 on a three game road trip against average-to-bad teams, but managed to stay in 4th. |
1.086 |
 |
5 |
5 |
The Blackhawks continue to win, going 2-0-1 last week, with Ray Emery winning each of his last five games. |
1.023 |
 |
6 |
7 |
Minnesota moves up a spot again despite going 0-1-2 last week. They have four straight division games this week, three of which are on the road. |
0.953 |
 |
7 |
8 |
The Coyotes went 1-2 last week, but still moved up a spot. They will face Florida, Carolina, St. Louis, and L.A. this week. |
0.952 |
 |
8 |
6 |
Edmonton dropped two spots after losing to Phoenix and San Jose last week. They sit 13th in Fenwick tied and 11th in five-on-five ratio. |
0.929 |
|
9 |
10 |
The Stars went 2-1 in their swing through New York and New Jersey, but they are still a middle of the pack team. |
0.926 |
 |
10 |
12 |
Nashville went 2-0-1 last week, beating Detroit in regulation and St. Louis in a shootout. Good week for them, though they are still 28th in Fenwick tied. |
0.899 |
 |
11 |
9 |
The Flames went 0-2-2 on the road last week, scoring a total of 9 goals. |
0.882 |
 |
12 |
11 |
Los Angeles has a new coach, but after getting outscored 12-4 last week (thanks, Detroit), they have a long way to go. |
0.832 |
 |
13 |
13 |
The Avalanche aren't much different from L.A., except for regulation wins. |
0.782 |
 |
14 |
14 |
Columbus beat Vancouver in a shootout, but lost their other three games in regulation. Averaging two goals a game won't cut it. |
0.741 |
 |
15 | 15 | The Ducks beat Phoenix 4-1. They then lost to Chicago and Winnipeg by a combined 9-4. Progress? |
0.711 |