Updated Monday Jan. 13

2024 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
CapitalsWSH28-10-5
3.00 ↑ 6 9 113.1 >99% 11%
2
JetsWPG29-12-3
3.75 - 25 110.5 99% 12%
3
OilersEDM26-13-3
4.00 ↑ 1 29 105.7 98% 9%
4
KnightsVGS29-11-3
4.00 ↓ 3 21 110.7 >99% 8%
5
LightningTB23-15-3
5.00 ↑ 1 3 104.4 98% 12%
6
StarsDAL27-14-1
5.50 ↓ 3 28 105.4 97% 7%
7
HurricanesCAR26-15-3
7.50 ↓ 2 11 104.2 99% 7%
8
PanthersFLA25-15-3
8.00 - 5 102.5 97% 7%
9
DevilsNJ26-15-4
8.25 ↑ 1 6 103.5 98% 7%
10
KingsLA24-11-5
10.25 ↑ 2 30 105.3 97% 4%
11
LeafsTOR27-15-2
10.75 ↓ 2 10 101.8 97% 4%
12
AvalancheCOL26-17-1
11.75 ↓ 1 22 99.4 88% 4%
13
WildMIN27-13-4
12.50 - 12 103.0 95% 2%
14
SenatorsOTT21-18-3
12.75 - 16 90.7 58% 1%
15
BluesSTL20-20-4
15.75 ↑ 3 19 86.2 20% 1%
16
BruinsBOS21-19-5
18.75 - 15 86.0 29% <1%
17
RangersNYR20-20-2
19.50 ↑ 2 14 84.4 26% <1%
18
CanucksVAN19-13-10
19.50 ↓ 3 31 90.7 42% 1%
19
Red WingsDET20-18-4
19.75 ↑ 3 32 82.0 14% <1%
20
FlamesCGY20-14-7
21.25 ↑ 5 26 89.1 33% <1%
21
Utah Hockey ClubUHC18-17-7
21.25 ↓ 4 8 87.8 27% 1%
22
IslandersNYI17-18-7
21.50 ↑ 6 27 83.3 20% <1%
23
CanadiensMTL20-18-4
22.25 ↑ 1 20 83.9 20% <1%
24
PredatorsNSH13-22-7
22.75 ↓ 3 1 77.4 2% <1%
25
FlyersPHI18-20-5
24.00 ↓ 5 13 81.9 14% <1%
26
Blue JacketsCBJ20-17-6
24.25 - 17 83.9 23% <1%
27
SabresBUF16-22-5
24.25 ↑ 3 23 76.5 4% <1%
28
KrakenSEA18-23-3
26.50 ↓ 5 24 76.6 2% <1%
29
DucksANA18-20-5
28.00 ↓ 2 7 76.3 2% <1%
30
PenguinsPIT18-19-8
29.00 ↓ 1 4 79.2 5% <1%
31
SharksSJ13-26-6
31.25 - 2 62.4 <1% <1%
32
BlackhawksCHI14-27-2
31.50 - 18 62.2 <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 numberFire (nF), Massey Ratings (MY), Sagarin (Sag) and Money Puck (MP).

SITES PULLED FROM
TEAM SAGARIANSAG numberFirenF MONEY
PUCKMP		 MASSEY
RATINGSMY		 AVERAGEAVG
CapitalsWSH 4 1 4 3 3.00
JetsWPG 1 4 8 2 3.75
OilersEDM 6 3 2 5 4.00
KnightsVGS 2 8 5 1 4.00
LightningTB 5 2 7 6 5.00
StarsDAL 3 5 10 4 5.50
HurricanesCAR 7 13 3 7 7.50
PanthersFLA 10 9 1 12 8.00
DevilsNJ 8 6 6 13 8.25
KingsLA 11 7 13 10 10.25
LeafsTOR 9 17 9 8 10.75
AvalancheCOL 12 15 11 9 11.75
WildMIN 13 11 15 11 12.50
SenatorsOTT 15 10 12 14 12.75
BluesSTL 18 14 14 17 15.75
BruinsBOS 17 22 20 16 18.75
RangersNYR 14 23 26 15 19.50
CanucksVAN 16 21 21 20 19.50
Red WingsDET 21 12 25 21 19.75
FlamesCGY 25 19 22 19 21.25
Utah Hockey ClubUHC 19 28 16 22 21.25
IslandersNYI 20 24 18 24 21.50
CanadiensMTL 23 25 23 18 22.25
PredatorsNSH 22 20 19 30 22.75
FlyersPHI 24 29 17 26 24.00
Blue JacketsCBJ 27 18 29 23 24.25
SabresBUF 28 16 24 29 24.25
KrakenSEA 26 26 27 27 26.50
DucksANA 30 27 30 25 28.00
PenguinsPIT 29 31 28 28 29.00
SharksSJ 32 30 31 32 31.25
BlackhawksCHI 31 32 32 31 31.50

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
BlackhawksCHI 31 32 32 31 0.577
KrakenSEA 26 26 27 27 0.577
SharksSJ 32 30 31 32 0.957
PenguinsPIT 29 31 28 28 1.414
CapitalsWSH 4 1 4 3 1.414
OilersEDM 6 3 2 5 1.826
WildMIN 13 11 15 11 1.915
BluesSTL 18 14 14 17 2.062
LightningTB 5 2 7 6 2.160
SenatorsOTT 15 10 12 14 2.217
CanucksVAN 16 21 21 20 2.380
DucksANA 30 27 30 25 2.449
AvalancheCOL 12 15 11 9 2.500
KingsLA 11 7 13 10 2.500
BruinsBOS 17 22 20 16 2.754
FlamesCGY 25 19 22 19 2.872
CanadiensMTL 23 25 23 18 2.986
IslandersNYI 20 24 18 24 3.000
JetsWPG 1 4 8 2 3.096
StarsDAL 3 5 10 4 3.109
KnightsVGS 2 8 5 1 3.162
DevilsNJ 8 6 6 13 3.304
HurricanesCAR 7 13 3 7 4.123
LeafsTOR 9 17 9 8 4.193
PanthersFLA 10 9 1 12 4.830
Blue JacketsCBJ 27 18 29 23 4.856
PredatorsNSH 22 20 19 30 4.992
FlyersPHI 24 29 17 26 5.099
Utah Hockey ClubUHC 19 28 16 22 5.123
Red WingsDET 21 12 25 21 5.500
SabresBUF 28 16 24 29 5.909
RangersNYR 14 23 26 15 5.916