This week, Nashville shot up four spots to number eight while both Ottawa and Anaheim moved up two positions.
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 got through a tough weekend with back-to-back games against the Rangers and Flyers, but lost Nathan Horton to a concussion. |
1.305 |
 |
2 | 2 |
New York is still suffering in possession metrics due to a bad start to the year, but they are improving quickly. |
1.093 |
 |
3 | 3 |
The Flyers added Danny Briere to their list of concussed players, but they still keep winning. |
1.011 |
 |
4 |
4 |
Pittsburgh is all about Evgeni Malkin right now. The NHL's first star of the week had 5 goals and 2 assists (plus two shootout goals) in four games. |
0.994 |
 |
5 |
7 |
The Senators are already looking towards an easier schedule after the break and the sixth seed in the East. |
0.963 |
 |
6 |
6 |
Washington is barely hanging onto the final playoff spot in the East and part of the problem is their road record. |
0.955 |
 |
7 |
5 |
The Maple Leafs got a hat trick out of Lee Stempniak, and the internet got to laugh at his crazy, angry brother. |
0.922 |
 |
8 |
8 |
Winnipeg went 2-1-1 against some mediocre teams, but a 5-1 loss to New Jersey looks bad. |
0.902 |
 |
9 |
9 |
The Panthers went 0-1-3, taking Boston to a shootout and winning one against Winnipeg. |
0.899 |
 |
10 |
10 |
Montreal got three points over the weekend, beating Toronto and losing to Pittsburgh in a shootout, salvaging their dim playoff hopes. |
0.894 |
|
11 |
12 |
The Devils acquired oft-traveled Alexei Ponikarovsky and saw him score in his first game for New Jersey. |
0.876 |
 |
12 |
13 |
Tampa Bay went 3-0-0 last week, beating Boston, Dallas, and Phoenix. That's a very good week for a struggling Tampa Bay team. |
0.866 |
 |
13 |
11 |
The Sabres need to win 60% of their remaining games just to have a 35% chance of making the playoffs. Math sucks sometimes. |
0.817 |
|
14 | 15 | New York believes John Tavares is one of the NHL's 25 best players under 25, and here's a good rebuttal for why he should be included. |
0.814 |
 |
15 | 14 | The Hurricanes had a good week, going 2-0-2 despite only scoring seven goals all week. |
0.802 |
Western Conference
| This Week | Last Week |
Rationale | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
1 | 1 |
The Red Wings beat the Blues 3-1 last night, but it was their fans who got to laugh at crazy things said by Blues fans all week. |
1.240 |
 |
2 | 2 | St. Louis went 3-1-0 last week, only losing to Detroit last night. Still the second best team in the West. |
1.224 |
 |
3 |
3 |
The Sharks are getting points against playoff teams at a better rate than any Western Conference team not in Minnesota. |
1.074 |
 |
4 |
4 |
Vancouver doesn't like to admit that Roberto Luongo is a very good goaltender, but it's still true. |
1.052 |
 |
5 |
5 |
The Blackhawks went 2-1-0 last week, beating up on Buffalo and Florida, but losing big to Nashville. |
1.027 |
 |
6 |
6 |
Dallas just signed Alex Goligoski to a four year contract worth $4.6 million per season. |
0.918 |
 |
7 |
7 |
The Coyotes went 1-2-1 last week and now sit in 12th place in the West. They're better than that. |
0.912 |
 |
8 |
12 |
Nashville went 4-1-0 last week, outscoring their opposition 15-4 in their wins (they lost to the Rangers 3-0), and saw Kevin Klein score on a knuckler from the blueline. |
0.912 |
|
9 |
8 |
The Kings are currently in 7th in the West, and they also happen to be on the necessary pace to make the playoffs. |
0.910 |
 |
10 |
9 |
Calgary still thinks they could make the playoffs, but at least that's better than thinking they could compete in the playoffs. |
0.885 |
 |
11 |
10 |
The Wild are finally talking about who to dump at the trade deadline. |
0.866 |
 |
12 |
12 |
Colorado went 1-2-1 last week, beating the Kings in regulation and Florida in overtime. |
0.845 |
 |
13 |
15 |
The Ducks have not lost in regulation in 8 games, but they're so far back, they still have no shot of making the playoffs. |
0.837 |
 |
14 |
13 |
Edmonton thinks they've got all of the pieces to make a run at the playoffs. Yes, that's almost a direct quote. |
0.799 |
 |
15 | 14 | The Blue Jackets are sticking with the two men at the top of their organization, even if most don't understand why. |
0.767 |