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 |