This week, Toronto and Montreal made the biggest moves while the only movement in the West was Colorado and Edmonton trading places.
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 lost to Vancouver and lost Brad Marchand to a five-game suspension. But they are so far and away the best team in the East, they'll just keep going. |
1.418 |
 |
2 | 2 |
New York just got even better than they already have been: Marc Staal returned from his concussion. |
1.143 |
 |
3 | 3 |
The Flyers saw Danny Briere score a hat trick to win in overtime Saturday, after he got in his third fight of his career. |
1.015 |
 |
4 |
4 |
Pittsburgh got even more bad news this week, as both Jordan Staal and James Neal will be out "weeks". |
0.977 |
 |
5 |
8 |
The Maple Leafs made a big move up, going 3-0 and beating Tampa and Winnipeg by a combined 11-3. Oh, they also beat Detroit 4-3. |
0.958 |
 |
6 |
6 |
Washington stayed put as they beat Calgary 3-1 but lost to San Jose 5-2. |
0.954 |
 |
7 |
9 |
The Senators collected three points in a weekend set against the Flyers, moving them up two spots. |
0.939 |
 |
8 |
5 |
Winnipeg only scored five goals in their last three games, which included a 2-1 overtime win against Buffalo and a 7-3 loss to Montreal. |
0.926 |
 |
9 |
7 |
The Panthers fell this week and they continue to struggle, going 1-2-1 in their last four. |
0.917 |
 |
10 |
13 |
Montreal makes a move up thanks to a 7-3 beating of the Jets. |
0.902 |
 |
11 |
12 |
The Sabres may be better off without Derek Roy. |
0.889 |
|
12 |
10 |
New Jersey has seen David Clarkson be a huge contributor this season. I know because he's on my fantasy teams. |
0.875 |
 |
13 |
11 |
The Lightning may think they just need a better goalie (again), but it's much more complicated than that. |
0.839 |
 |
14 | 15 | Carolina lost to the Islanders in a shootout but still continued to alternate the final two positions here. |
0.787 |
|
15 | 14 | The Islanders lost Rick DiPietro to injury again... while he was already on injured reserve. |
0.751 |
Western Conference
| This Week | Last Week |
Rationale | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
1 | 1 |
The Red Wings went 1-1-1, a bad week for them, but still have a comfortable lead out West. |
1.281 |
 |
2 | 3 | St. Louis went 3-0 last week, scoring four goals in each game while giving up only four combined. |
1.167 |
 |
3 |
2 |
The Sharks went 3-0-1 but fell a spot anyway. Rough. |
1.159 |
 |
4 |
4 |
Vancouver beat Boston 4-3 in Boston and they are still celebrating. |
1.089 |
 |
5 |
5 |
The Blackhawks will be without Patrick Sharp for 3-4 weeks as he injured his wrist. |
0.994 |
 |
6 |
6 |
Dallas may be without Mike Ribeiro for a little while, which is bad news for for the Stars as they try to build off three straight four-goal games. |
0.975 |
 |
7 |
7 |
The Coyotes saw Shane Doan score his first ever NHL hat trick last week. How did this guy not get one before then?? |
0.930 |
 |
8 |
8 |
Los Angeles is stuck debating whether their glass is half-full or half-empty. A 52.24% Fenwick tied suggests half-full. |
0.888 |
|
9 |
9 |
The Flames saw Jarome Iginla score his 500th NHL goal last week. Good for one of the most underrated players in the League. |
0.862 |
 |
10 |
10 |
Minnesota is having such a hard time scoring goals, they are being compared to the Loch Ness Monster. | 0.860 |
 |
11 |
13 |
The Avalanche were the only team to move up in the West, but Erik Johnson hurt his hand and is day-to-day. |
0.858 |
 |
12 |
12 |
Nashville will be prepared to trade Ryan Suter if it appears unlikely he will re-sign. |
0.857 |
 |
13 |
11 |
The Oilers went 1-3 last week, falling back to where they spent most of last season. Such is life in a rebuild. |
0.837 |
 |
14 |
14 |
Columbus finally fired their coach, but they replaced him with Todd Richards, who was fired from Minnesota |
0.756 |
 |
15 | 15 | The Ducks announced that almost everybody on their team is available on the trade market. Naturally, teams are salivating. |
0.722 |