This week, there was very little movement in the power rankings. Washington moves up a spot in the East while San Jose falls two in the West.
Eastern Conference
|
This Week | Last Week |
Rationale
| Rating |
 |
1 |
1 |
The Bruins got three points in three games, and remain in third place in the East with a league-best 1.43 five-on-five ratio.
|
1.762 |
 |
2 |
2 |
Philadelphia blew a 3-0 third period lead, but still got 5 out of 6 possible points for the week. And remain in first place.
|
1.569 |
 |
3 |
3 |
The Penguins are clinging to third place here, largely due to back-to-back 5-1 wins against Edmonton and Ottawa.
|
1.353 |
 |
4
|
5
|
Washington earned all 8 possible points last week and even sat atop the East for about 20 minutes on Tuesday.
|
1.341
|
 |
5
|
4
|
The Canadiens only got 2 points out of 6 last week, but they had gotten 12 out of 14 prior to that.
|
1.238
|
 |
6
|
6
|
Buffalo went 1-2-1 last week, losing one-goal games to Toronto and Carolina. Not who they want to lose to.
|
1.116
|
 |
7
|
7
|
The Lightning are sitting in 5th place in the East, have gotten 6 out of 8 points, but still have a negative goal differential.
|
1.099
|
 |
8
|
8
|
New York has a little breathing room now, up 4 points on 9th place Carolina who has a game in hand.
|
1.065
|
 |
9
|
9
|
The Hurricanes helped their case last week by beating Buffalo, but are still two points back.
|
0.940
|
 |
10
|
11
|
Atlanta scored 5 goals in just over 20 minutes against the Flyers on their way to getting 5 out of 8 possible points.
|
0.861
|
 |
11
|
10
|
The Maple Leafs are 6 points back with 12 games to play, so their slim playoff hopes are probably done.
|
0.830
|
 |
12
|
12
|
Florida lost to Ottawa, but beat the Lightning in OT. Don't know if that evens out, really.
|
0.784
|
 |
13
|
13
|
The Devils are 6 points out with a game in hand, but they have to jump over two teams to get there.
|
0.767
|
 |
14 |
14 |
New York beat the Bruins last week. Good for them.
|
0.699 |
 |
15 |
15 |
The Senators went on the road and beat both Florida teams. Also, good for them.
|
0.572 |
Western Conference
| This Week | Last Week |
Rationale
| Rating |
 |
1 |
1 |
The Canucks are probably going to win the President's Trophy. In fact, they are one point away from a Northwest Division crown.
|
1.694 |
 |
2 |
2 |
Detroit got 4 of 6 points last week, and now sit 6 points up in the Central.
|
1.371 |
 |
3
|
3
|
The Blackhawks are in 6th place, 4 points up on 9th. Getting 4 of six points is good, but going 1-0-2 is only decent.
|
1.366
|
 |
4
|
5
|
Phoenix got all 6 points last week, but are only 5 points up on a playoff spot with one less game to play.
|
1.312
|
 |
5
|
6
|
The Kings got all 8 points last week, and only kept pace with the Coyotes.
|
1.248
|
 |
6
|
4
|
San Jose only lost once in regulation last week and they are still atop the Pacific, but they fall here after only getting 4 of 8 points.
|
1.204
|
 |
7
|
9
|
The Predators are on the outside looking in, but with two games in hand on the Flames, they really aren't.
|
1.184
|
 |
8
|
9
|
Dallas is clinging to 7th place, and only getting 3 of 8 points isn't going the help.
|
1.122
|
 |
9
|
7
|
The Flames are technically in the playoffs, but with two additional games played on 9th place, they can't lose three in a row again.
|
1.085
|
 |
10
|
10
|
Minnesota got shutout twice last week and didn't register a single point. Still only 3 points behind Nashville, though.
|
0.986
|
 |
11
|
11
|
The Blue Jackets won their only road game last week, but that's all they won.
|
0.984
|
 |
12
|
12
|
Anaheim may not look good here - or many other places - but they are only 2 points out with three games in hand.
|
0.957
|
 |
13
|
13
|
The Blues scored three goals in three straight games, only losing to Detroit.
|
0.874
|
 |
14
|
14
|
Colorado has now earned three points out of a possible twenty. Bad.
|
0.754
|
 |
15 |
15 |
The Oilers only scored twice in their 3 games last week, getting blown out by Washington and Pittsburgh, but taking Detroit to OT.
|
0.606 |