Updated Sunday Mar. 22

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
AvalancheCOL45-13-10
1.25 - 18 119.4 >99% 24%
2
HurricanesCAR44-19-6
3.00 ↑ 1 25 110.6 >99% 15%
3
LightningTB43-21-4
3.50 ↑ 1 13 107.7 >99% 11%
4
StarsDAL43-15-11
3.50 ↓ 2 32 113.4 >99% 9%
5
SabresBUF44-20-6
5.00 - 12 108.2 >99% 5%
6
WildMIN40-19-12
6.50 - 31 105.0 >99% 5%
7
SenatorsOTT36-24-9
7.00 - 24 96.3 47% 3%
8
Blue JacketsCBJ37-21-11
8.25 ↑ 4 16 99.7 83% 4%
9
BruinsBOS39-23-8
10.00 ↓ 1 15 98.7 74% 3%
10
CanadiensMTL38-21-10
11.00 ↓ 1 11 100.3 83% 2%
11
MammothUTA36-28-6
13.00 ↓ 1 19 92.7 96% 4%
12
CapitalsWSH35-27-8
13.25 ↑ 5 7 91.3 8% <1%
13
Red WingsDET38-24-8
13.25 ↑ 1 8 97.6 59% 2%
14
PenguinsPIT35-18-16
14.00 ↑ 2 20 99.7 86% 2%
15
IslandersNYI39-26-5
14.25 ↓ 4 17 96.4 48% 1%
16
OilersEDM34-28-9
16.00 ↓ 1 29 90.0 84% 4%
17
PanthersFLA34-32-3
17.00 ↓ 4 3 85.8 <1% <1%
18
DevilsNJ35-32-2
17.50 ↑ 1 4 86.0 <1% <1%
19
KnightsVGS31-25-14
18.00 ↓ 1 27 90.1 83% 4%
20
DucksANA38-27-4
19.00 - 23 95.4 99% 2%
21
FlyersPHI34-23-12
20.75 ↑ 2 6 93.1 14% <1%
22
PredatorsNSH32-28-9
22.50 ↑ 3 14 86.9 46% <1%
23
KingsLA28-25-16
23.50 ↓ 1 9 87.3 48% 1%
24
JetsWPG28-29-12
23.50 - 21 81.8 5% <1%
25
RangersNYR28-33-8
24.75 ↓ 4 2 77.7 <1% <1%
26
BluesSTL28-30-11
25.50 ↑ 3 26 80.1 2% <1%
27
KrakenSEA31-29-9
26.25 ↓ 1 28 83.7 18% <1%
28
LeafsTOR29-29-13
26.75 - 1 82.2 <1% <1%
29
SharksSJ32-30-6
28.25 ↓ 2 5 84.3 20% <1%
30
FlamesCGY28-34-7
29.50 - 30 75.2 <1% <1%
31
BlackhawksCHI26-31-12
30.50 - 10 76.5 <1% <1%
32
CanucksVAN21-40-8
32.00 - 22 60.9 <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
AvalancheCOL 1 1 2 1 1.25
HurricanesCAR 3 2 4 3 3.00
LightningTB 2 5 5 2 3.50
StarsDAL 4 3 3 4 3.50
SabresBUF 5 9 1 5 5.00
WildMIN 6 6 8 6 6.50
SenatorsOTT 8 4 9 7 7.00
Blue JacketsCBJ 11 7 6 9 8.25
BruinsBOS 12 8 7 13 10.00
CanadiensMTL 7 14 13 10 11.00
MammothUTA 9 17 18 8 13.00
CapitalsWSH 10 12 16 15 13.25
Red WingsDET 15 11 11 16 13.25
PenguinsPIT 13 15 14 14 14.00
IslandersNYI 16 20 10 11 14.25
OilersEDM 14 16 22 12 16.00
PanthersFLA 21 10 20 17 17.00
DevilsNJ 19 19 12 20 17.50
KnightsVGS 17 13 24 18 18.00
DucksANA 18 22 17 19 19.00
FlyersPHI 20 27 15 21 20.75
PredatorsNSH 25 24 19 22 22.50
KingsLA 24 21 26 23 23.50
JetsWPG 23 18 28 25 23.50
RangersNYR 26 26 23 24 24.75
BluesSTL 29 25 21 27 25.50
KrakenSEA 27 23 27 28 26.25
LeafsTOR 22 28 31 26 26.75
SharksSJ 28 31 25 29 28.25
FlamesCGY 30 29 29 30 29.50
BlackhawksCHI 31 30 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
BlackhawksCHI 31 30 30 31 0.577
FlamesCGY 30 29 29 30 0.577
AvalancheCOL 1 1 2 1 0.577
StarsDAL 4 3 3 4 0.577
PenguinsPIT 13 15 14 14 1.000
HurricanesCAR 3 2 4 3 1.000
WildMIN 6 6 8 6 1.155
RangersNYR 26 26 23 24 1.732
LightningTB 2 5 5 2 1.732
Red WingsDET 15 11 11 16 2.309
KrakenSEA 27 23 27 28 2.309
KingsLA 24 21 26 23 2.517
SenatorsOTT 8 4 9 7 2.646
BruinsBOS 12 8 7 13 2.646
DucksANA 18 22 17 19 2.646
Blue JacketsCBJ 11 7 6 9 2.646
SharksSJ 28 31 25 29 3.000
CapitalsWSH 10 12 16 15 3.055
PredatorsNSH 25 24 19 22 3.215
CanadiensMTL 7 14 13 10 3.786
SabresBUF 5 9 1 5 4.000
BluesSTL 29 25 21 27 4.000
DevilsNJ 19 19 12 20 4.041
OilersEDM 14 16 22 12 4.163
LeafsTOR 22 28 31 26 4.583
MammothUTA 9 17 18 8 4.933
JetsWPG 23 18 28 25 5.000
IslandersNYI 16 20 10 11 5.033
KnightsVGS 17 13 24 18 5.568
FlyersPHI 20 27 15 21 6.028
PanthersFLA 21 10 20 17 6.083