This week, Toronto, Washington, and Dallas made big moves up the rankings while Montreal, Minnesota, and Florida took large falls.
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 strengthened their spot atop the NHL with an 8-0 win over Florida on Friday. |
1.347 |
 |
2 | 3 |
New York went 3-0-0 against the tri-state teams, winning by a combined 12-5. Solid week for them. |
1.130 |
 |
3 | 2 |
The Flyers went 1-1-1 on the road, slipping back to the #3 spot. |
1.068 |
 |
4 |
4 |
Pittsburgh went 2-0-0, staying in the fourth spot for the fourth straight week. |
0.999 |
 |
5 |
9 |
The Maple Leafs made a big jump this week thanks to a 2-0-1 week. |
0.949 |
 |
6 |
10 |
Washington also made a big jump despite only going 1-0-1. |
0.942 |
 |
7 |
8 |
The Jets went 1-1-1 and still moved up a spot, mostly because... |
0.938 |
 |
8 |
5 |
Florida went 0-2-1 including an 8-0 blowout loss to Boston. |
0.931 |
 |
9 |
7 |
The Sabres went 0-2-0, getting outscored 7-3 by Toronto and Ottawa. |
0.898 |
 |
10 |
12 |
Ottawa went 1-0-2, missing a chance to move up even further by losing 2-1 in overtime to Carolina. |
0.893 |
 |
11 |
6 |
The Canadiens plummeted after getting outscored 12-3 in three straight regulation losses. |
0.866 |
|
12 |
11 |
New Jersey managed to beat the Capitals in a shootout after blowing a 3-0 lead, while also losing to the Rangers 4-1. |
0.858 |
 |
13 |
13 |
The Lightning gave up 7 to San Jose before losing to Colorado in overtime. |
0.813 |
 |
14 | 15 | Carolina didn't get a regulation win last week, but still got out of the cellar. |
0.773 |
|
15 | 14 | The Islanders went 0-3-1, falling back to last for the first time in a month. |
0.763 |
Western Conference
| This Week | Last Week |
Rationale | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
1 | 1 |
The Red Wings went 1-2-0 last week, but still sit atop the West thanks to a superior goal ratio and Fenwick ratio. |
1.240 |
 |
2 | 2 | St. Louis played two straight 3-2 games, beating Phoenix but losing to Colorado. |
1.206 |
 |
3 |
3 |
The Sharks played two struggling teams, needing a shootout to get past L.A. but stomping Tampa Bay 7-2. |
1.154 |
 |
4 |
4 |
Vancouver is now just one point out of the division lead, about to return the NHL standings to normalcy. |
1.083 |
 |
5 |
5 |
The Blackhawks are atop the West in points and Fenwick tied percentage, but they are fifth here due to a mediocre five-on-five ratio and fewer regulation wins. |
1.044 |
 |
6 |
9 |
Dallas made a big jump after going 2-1-0 last week. |
0.958 |
 |
7 |
7 |
The Coyotes went 2-1-0 (all one-goal games) last week, playing St. Louis close, staying in 7th place. |
0.933 |
 |
8 |
8 |
Edmonton played as expected last week, beating Minnesota but losing to Detroit. |
0.924 |
|
9 |
11 |
The Flames won all three games last week, beating Vancouver, Detroit, and Minnesota. A very good week in Calgary. |
0.921 |
 |
10 |
6 |
Minnesota tumbled after losing all four games in regulation, getting outscored 14-4. You could blame injuries or you could blame regression. Time will tell. |
0.894 |
 |
11 |
10 |
The Predators lost to Washington and Dallas while needing a comeback from 4-1 to beat Columbus. Bad week in Nashville. |
0.873 |
 |
12 |
12 |
Los Angeles played three shootouts last week. Playing Anaheim, Toronto, and San Jose, the Kings needed better. |
0.835 |
 |
13 |
13 |
The Avalanche went 2-0-2 last week, beating St. Louis and Minnesota. It was a good week and they improved by 0.04 here, but they were really far behind. |
0.822 |
 |
14 |
14 |
Columbus only played one game last week, they lead 4-1 after 25 minutes of play, and still managed to lose 6-5. |
0.732 |
 |
15 | 15 | The Ducks went 0-1-1 last week, and only have two regulation wins in December. Rough. |
0.710 |