Updated Friday Apr. 14

2023 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
BruinsBOS65-12-5
1.20 - 24 135.0 >99% 31%
2
OilersEDM50-23-9
3.20 ↑ 1 32 109.0 >99% 11%
3
AvalancheCOL50-24-7
3.40 ↑ 1 31 107.0 >99% 12%
4
HurricanesCAR52-21-9
3.80 ↓ 2 26 113.0 >99% 8%
5
LeafsTOR50-21-11
5.20 - 27 111.0 >99% 6%
6
StarsDAL47-21-14
8.40 ↑ 5 29 108.0 >99% 5%
7
RangersNYR47-22-13
8.60 - 22 107.0 >99% 4%
8
DevilsNJ52-22-8
8.60 ↓ 2 19 112.0 >99% 4%
9
KnightsVGS51-22-9
9.40 ↓ 1 23 111.0 >99% 4%
10
LightningTB46-30-6
10.20 - 21 98.0 >99% 2%
11
PanthersFLA42-32-8
11.00 ↑ 2 14 92.0 >99% 4%
12
WildMIN46-25-11
11.60 ↓ 3 30 103.0 >99% 2%
13
KingsLA47-25-10
11.60 ↓ 1 16 104.0 >99% 3%
14
FlamesCGY38-27-17
13.80 ↑ 1 28 93.0 <1% <1%
15
JetsWPG46-33-3
13.80 ↑ 1 25 95.0 >99% 2%
16
KrakenSEA46-28-8
14.40 ↓ 2 20 100.0 >99% 2%
17
IslandersNYI42-31-9
15.80 - 18 93.0 >99% 1%
18
PenguinsPIT40-31-11
18.00 - 8 91.0 <1% <1%
19
PredatorsNSH42-31-8
18.80 - 15 92.0 <1% <1%
20
SenatorsOTT39-35-8
20.40 - 11 86.0 <1% <1%
21
SabresBUF41-33-7
20.80 - 4 89.0 <1% <1%
22
CapitalsWSH35-37-10
22.40 - 12 80.0 <1% <1%
23
CanucksVAN38-37-7
23.20 ↑ 2 17 83.0 <1% <1%
24
BluesSTL37-38-7
23.60 ↓ 1 13 81.0 <1% <1%
25
Red WingsDET35-37-10
24.80 ↓ 1 7 80.0 <1% <1%
26
FlyersPHI31-38-13
26.00 - 3 75.0 <1% <1%
27
CoyotesARI28-40-14
27.60 - 6 70.0 <1% <1%
28
CanadiensMTL31-45-6
27.80 - 1 68.0 <1% <1%
29
SharksSJ22-44-16
28.60 - 10 60.0 <1% <1%
30
Blue JacketsCBJ25-47-9
30.00 - 2 59.0 <1% <1%
31
BlackhawksCHI26-49-7
30.20 - 9 59.0 <1% <1%
32
DucksANA23-47-12
31.80 - 5 58.0 <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 31 teams. We pull from numberFire (nF), Massey Ratings (MY), Sagarin (Sag) and Money Puck (MP).

SITES PULLED FROM
TEAM SAGARIANSAG numberFirenF MONEY
PUCKMP		 MASSEY
RATINGSMY		 AVERAGEAVG
BruinsBOS 1 1 1 2 1.20
OilersEDM 3 2 5 3 3.20
AvalancheCOL 2 4 2 5 3.40
HurricanesCAR 4 5 7 1 3.80
LeafsTOR 6 3 4 7 5.20
StarsDAL 8 8 6 11 8.40
RangersNYR 7 7 3 18 8.60
DevilsNJ 11 6 9 10 8.60
KnightsVGS 5 9 15 13 9.40
LightningTB 10 10 11 9 10.20
PanthersFLA 13 12 8 6 11.00
WildMIN 9 13 10 14 11.60
KingsLA 12 11 17 8 11.60
FlamesCGY 17 17 12 4 13.80
JetsWPG 14 16 13 12 13.80
KrakenSEA 16 14 14 15 14.40
IslandersNYI 15 15 16 16 15.80
PenguinsPIT 19 18 18 17 18.00
PredatorsNSH 18 19 22 20 18.80
SenatorsOTT 21 20 21 19 20.40
SabresBUF 20 21 20 23 20.80
CapitalsWSH 25 23 19 21 22.40
CanucksVAN 22 22 23 27 23.20
BluesSTL 23 24 24 24 23.60
Red WingsDET 24 25 25 25 24.80
FlyersPHI 26 26 26 26 26.00
CoyotesARI 27 28 27 28 27.60
CanadiensMTL 28 27 28 29 27.80
SharksSJ 30 30 29 22 28.60
Blue JacketsCBJ 29 29 31 31 30.00
BlackhawksCHI 31 31 30 30 30.20
DucksANA 32 32 32 32 31.80

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 four sites we pull from. A high number indicates an inconsistently ranked team.

SITES PULLED FROM
TEAM SAGARIANSAG numberFirenF MONEY
PUCKMP		 MASSEY
RATINGSMY		 STAN DEVSTDEV
FlyersPHI 26 26 26 26 0.000
BruinsBOS 1 1 1 2 0.447
Red WingsDET 24 25 25 25 0.447
DucksANA 32 32 32 32 0.447
BluesSTL 23 24 24 24 0.548
CoyotesARI 27 28 27 28 0.548
PenguinsPIT 19 18 18 17 0.707
IslandersNYI 15 15 16 16 0.837
LightningTB 10 10 11 9 0.837
CanadiensMTL 28 27 28 29 0.837
BlackhawksCHI 31 31 30 30 0.837
SenatorsOTT 21 20 21 19 0.894
Blue JacketsCBJ 29 29 31 31 1.000
OilersEDM 3 2 5 3 1.095
KrakenSEA 16 14 14 15 1.140
SabresBUF 20 21 20 23 1.304
AvalancheCOL 2 4 2 5 1.342
JetsWPG 14 16 13 12 1.483
LeafsTOR 6 3 4 7 1.643
StarsDAL 8 8 6 11 1.817
DevilsNJ 11 6 9 10 2.074
WildMIN 9 13 10 14 2.074
CanucksVAN 22 22 23 27 2.168
HurricanesCAR 4 5 7 1 2.387
CapitalsWSH 25 23 19 21 2.408
PredatorsNSH 18 19 22 20 2.588
KingsLA 12 11 17 8 3.362
SharksSJ 30 30 29 22 3.847
PanthersFLA 13 12 8 6 4.000
KnightsVGS 5 9 15 13 4.561
RangersNYR 7 7 3 18 5.595
FlamesCGY 17 17 12 4 6.058