Updated Wednesday Feb. 4

2026 Composite NHL Power Rankings

Calculated by aggregating computer generated NHL power rankings from around the web and determining each team’s average ranking.

RankingsSoSPointsPlayoffsChamps
TEAM AVERAGE
RANKINGAVG		 1-WEEK
MOVE		 SOS
PLAYED
RANK		 POINTS MAKE
PLAYOFFSMAKE
PLAY-
OFFS		 WIN
CUP
1
LightningTB36-14-4
1.50 ↑ 1 24 111.3 >99% 15%
2
AvalancheCOL36-9-9
2.00 ↓ 1 21 117.6 >99% 18%
3
HurricanesCAR35-15-6
3.00 - 22 107.6 >99% 11%
4
StarsDAL33-14-9
4.25 - 28 107.4 >99% 8%
5
WildMIN33-14-10
5.75 - 31 105.8 >99% 6%
6
SenatorsOTT27-22-7
9.50 ↑ 9 10 92.5 32% 2%
7
SabresBUF32-18-6
9.50 ↑ 1 9 99.3 82% 3%
8
MammothUTA29-23-4
10.25 ↓ 1 25 92.7 77% 4%
9
BruinsBOS32-20-4
10.75 ↑ 2 12 96.5 64% 2%
10
CanadiensMTL31-17-8
11.00 ↑ 3 7 99.2 81% 3%
11
Red WingsDET33-18-6
11.00 ↓ 2 19 99.7 83% 3%
12
OilersEDM28-21-8
11.50 ↓ 2 32 93.3 81% 4%
13
PanthersFLA28-24-3
11.50 ↓ 7 6 90.2 19% 1%
14
CapitalsWSH28-23-7
13.00 ↑ 2 11 91.3 33% 2%
15
PenguinsPIT28-15-12
13.75 ↑ 2 30 97.6 80% 3%
16
IslandersNYI31-21-5
14.75 ↓ 2 17 94.5 55% 2%
17
Blue JacketsCBJ28-20-7
15.50 ↑ 2 15 93.0 41% 2%
18
KnightsVGS25-16-14
16.25 ↓ 6 29 94.9 85% 4%
19
DevilsNJ28-26-2
19.50 ↓ 1 1 87.4 10% <1%
20
LeafsTOR27-21-9
20.00 ↑ 1 8 88.8 9% <1%
21
KingsLA23-17-14
20.75 ↑ 1 18 92.6 70% 2%
22
DucksANA30-23-3
21.25 ↓ 2 16 91.9 68% 1%
23
KrakenSEA26-20-9
21.75 ↑ 2 27 90.0 55% 1%
24
PredatorsNSH26-23-6
24.25 ↑ 3 14 86.5 28% <1%
25
JetsWPG22-25-8
24.75 ↑ 1 3 81.2 6% <1%
26
FlyersPHI25-20-10
24.75 ↓ 3 5 87.7 11% <1%
27
SharksSJ27-23-4
27.25 ↓ 3 4 87.0 30% <1%
28
RangersNYR22-28-6
28.00 - 2 77.2 <1% <1%
29
FlamesCGY22-27-6
28.25 - 26 76.8 1% <1%
30
BluesSTL20-27-9
30.25 - 13 74.0 <1% <1%
31
BlackhawksCHI22-25-9
30.50 - 23 77.3 1% <1%
32
CanucksVAN18-32-6
32.00 - 20 66.1 <1% <1%

How We Calculate: Our NHL Power Rankings are calculated by aggregating computer rankings from around the web and determining each team’s average ranking. Up or down movement within our rankings versus the previous week is provided for each team. Some of these sites also project teams’ future success. We collect this info and calculate each team’s average points projection, playoff odds and Stanley Cup champion odds.

Our heat chart below shows how each of the four sites we pull from ranks all 32 teams. We pull from DRatings (DR), Massey Ratings (MY), Sagarin (Sag) and Money Puck (MP).

SITES PULLED FROM
TEAM SAGARIANSAG MONEY
PUCKMP		 MASSEY
RATINGSMY		 DRatings
RATINGSDR		 AVERAGEAVG
LightningTB 2 1 1 2 1.50
AvalancheCOL 1 4 2 1 2.00
HurricanesCAR 3 3 3 3 3.00
StarsDAL 4 5 4 4 4.25
WildMIN 5 7 6 5 5.75
SenatorsOTT 13 2 15 8 9.50
SabresBUF 6 20 5 7 9.50
MammothUTA 9 15 11 6 10.25
BruinsBOS 11 11 7 14 10.75
CanadiensMTL 7 17 9 11 11.00
Red WingsDET 12 14 8 10 11.00
OilersEDM 8 10 19 9 11.50
PanthersFLA 16 6 12 12 11.50
CapitalsWSH 10 8 18 16 13.00
PenguinsPIT 14 9 13 19 13.75
IslandersNYI 17 19 10 13 14.75
Blue JacketsCBJ 19 12 14 17 15.50
KnightsVGS 15 13 22 15 16.25
DevilsNJ 21 23 16 18 19.50
LeafsTOR 18 21 20 21 20.00
KingsLA 22 16 25 20 20.75
DucksANA 20 26 17 22 21.25
KrakenSEA 23 18 21 25 21.75
PredatorsNSH 26 25 23 23 24.25
JetsWPG 24 24 27 24 24.75
FlyersPHI 25 22 26 26 24.75
SharksSJ 27 30 24 28 27.25
RangersNYR 28 28 29 27 28.00
FlamesCGY 29 27 28 29 28.25
BluesSTL 31 29 31 30 30.25
BlackhawksCHI 30 31 30 31 30.50
CanucksVAN 32 32 32 32 32.00

Standard deviation is a statistical tool used to measure the variance within a set of numbers. In the table below, we use standard deviation to determine which teams are ranked the most and least consistently. A low number indicates that a team is ranked consistently across the three sites we pull from. A high number indicates an inconsistently ranked team.

SITES PULLED FROM
TEAM SAGARIANSAG MONEY
PUCKMP		 MASSEY
RATINGSMY		 DRatings
RATINGSDR		 STAN DEVSTDEV
CanucksVAN 32 32 32 32 0.000
HurricanesCAR 3 3 3 3 0.000
BlackhawksCHI 30 31 30 31 0.577
RangersNYR 28 28 29 27 0.577
LightningTB 2 1 1 2 0.577
StarsDAL 4 5 4 4 0.577
WildMIN 5 7 6 5 1.000
FlamesCGY 29 27 28 29 1.000
BluesSTL 31 29 31 30 1.155
PredatorsNSH 26 25 23 23 1.528
LeafsTOR 18 21 20 21 1.528
AvalancheCOL 1 4 2 1 1.528
JetsWPG 24 24 27 24 1.732
FlyersPHI 25 22 26 26 2.082
BruinsBOS 11 11 7 14 2.309
KrakenSEA 23 18 21 25 2.517
PenguinsPIT 14 9 13 19 2.646
SharksSJ 27 30 24 28 3.000
Red WingsDET 12 14 8 10 3.055
MammothUTA 9 15 11 6 3.055
Blue JacketsCBJ 19 12 14 17 3.606
DevilsNJ 21 23 16 18 3.606
DucksANA 20 26 17 22 4.583
KingsLA 22 16 25 20 4.583
KnightsVGS 15 13 22 15 4.726
IslandersNYI 17 19 10 13 4.726
PanthersFLA 16 6 12 12 5.033
CanadiensMTL 7 17 9 11 5.292
CapitalsWSH 10 8 18 16 5.292
OilersEDM 8 10 19 9 5.859
SenatorsOTT 13 2 15 8 7.000
SabresBUF 6 20 5 7 8.386