Updated Thursday Jan. 22

2025 Composite NHL Power Rankings

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

TEAM AVERAGE
RANKING
AVG
1-WEEK
MOVE
SOS
PLAYED
RANK
POINTS MAKE
PLAYOFFS
MAKE
PLAY-
OFFS
WIN
CUP
1
AvalancheCOL34-5-9
1.50 - 20 121.7 >99% 22%
2
LightningTB31-13-4
1.75 - 19 109.5 >99% 13%
3
HurricanesCAR31-15-4
2.75 - 15 106.2 99% 12%
4
StarsDAL28-13-9
5.00 ↑ 1 24 103.5 >99% 6%
5
WildMIN28-14-9
6.00 ↓ 1 30 101.7 99% 5%
6
KnightsVGS24-12-12
8.75 ↑ 3 31 99.9 97% 6%
7
Red WingsDET31-16-4
9.00 ↑ 7 26 100.4 88% 3%
8
MammothUTA26-20-4
9.00 ↑ 2 27 93.6 82% 4%
9
OilersEDM25-18-8
9.75 ↑ 3 32 94.2 85% 5%
10
BruinsBOS28-20-2
11.25 ↑ 1 11 93.4 48% 2%
11
PanthersFLA25-20-3
11.25 ↓ 5 3 91.9 38% 2%
12
CanadiensMTL28-15-7
12.00 ↓ 4 21 98.6 80% 3%
13
SabresBUF27-17-5
12.25 - 13 95.1 59% 2%
14
CapitalsWSH24-21-6
13.75 ↓ 7 17 89.5 31% 2%
15
IslandersNYI27-18-5
14.25 - 5 95.1 67% 2%
16
SenatorsOTT23-19-7
14.75 - 22 91.0 30% 2%
17
DevilsNJ26-22-2
16.75 ↑ 2 2 89.6 29% 1%
18
PenguinsPIT24-14-11
17.50 ↑ 3 29 94.5 62% 2%
19
LeafsTOR24-17-9
18.75 ↓ 2 9 90.7 26% 1%
20
KingsLA20-16-13
20.75 - 12 90.1 57% 2%
21
DucksANA26-21-3
21.25 ↑ 6 7 90.5 59% 1%
22
Blue JacketsCBJ22-20-7
22.25 - 6 87.0 13% <1%
23
FlyersPHI23-17-9
22.50 ↓ 5 8 90.0 29% 1%
24
JetsWPG20-23-6
22.75 ↑ 2 14 81.6 10% <1%
25
PredatorsNSH23-22-4
24.75 ↓ 1 10 84.9 23% <1%
26
KrakenSEA22-18-9
25.25 ↓ 3 23 87.1 36% 1%
27
SharksSJ25-21-3
26.00 ↑ 2 1 87.8 41% <1%
28
RangersNYR21-24-6
26.25 ↓ 3 4 81.3 2% <1%
29
FlamesCGY21-24-5
27.25 ↓ 1 28 80.1 6% <1%
30
BluesSTL19-23-8
30.25 - 16 77.5 2% <1%
31
BlackhawksCHI20-22-7
30.75 - 25 78.0 2% <1%
32
CanucksVAN17-28-5
32.00 - 18 70.2 <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 DRatings (DR), Massey Ratings (MY), Sagarin (Sag) and Money Puck (MP).

TEAM SAGARIANSAG MONEY
PUCK
MP
MASSEY
RATINGS
MY
DRatings
RATINGS
DR
AVERAGEAVG
AvalancheCOL 1 3 1 1 1.50
LightningTB 2 1 2 2 1.75
HurricanesCAR 3 2 3 3 2.75
StarsDAL 4 7 5 4 5.00
WildMIN 5 5 7 7 6.00
KnightsVGS 7 8 15 5 8.75
Red WingsDET 11 13 4 8 9.00
MammothUTA 8 11 11 6 9.00
OilersEDM 6 9 14 10 9.75
BruinsBOS 12 12 6 15 11.25
PanthersFLA 14 10 12 9 11.25
CanadiensMTL 9 16 10 13 12.00
SabresBUF 10 19 8 12 12.25
CapitalsWSH 13 6 19 17 13.75
IslandersNYI 16 21 9 11 14.25
SenatorsOTT 19 4 20 16 14.75
DevilsNJ 17 23 13 14 16.75
PenguinsPIT 18 15 16 21 17.50
LeafsTOR 15 25 17 18 18.75
KingsLA 23 14 26 20 20.75
DucksANA 20 28 18 19 21.25
Blue JacketsCBJ 25 17 25 22 22.25
FlyersPHI 21 20 23 26 22.50
JetsWPG 22 18 27 24 22.75
PredatorsNSH 28 26 22 23 24.75
KrakenSEA 26 22 24 29 25.25
SharksSJ 27 29 21 27 26.00
RangersNYR 24 27 29 25 26.25
FlamesCGY 29 24 28 28 27.25
BluesSTL 31 30 30 30 30.25
BlackhawksCHI 30 31 31 31 30.75
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.

TEAM SAGARIANSAG MONEY
PUCK
MP
MASSEY
RATINGS
MY
DRatings
RATINGS
DR
STAN DEVSTDEV
CanucksVAN 32 32 32 32 0.000
LightningTB 2 1 2 2 0.577
HurricanesCAR 3 2 3 3 0.577
BlackhawksCHI 30 31 31 31 0.577
BluesSTL 31 30 30 30 0.577
AvalancheCOL 1 3 1 1 1.155
WildMIN 5 5 7 7 1.155
PenguinsPIT 18 15 16 21 1.528
FlyersPHI 21 20 23 26 1.528
StarsDAL 4 7 5 4 1.528
MammothUTA 8 11 11 6 1.732
KrakenSEA 26 22 24 29 2.000
PanthersFLA 14 10 12 9 2.000
RangersNYR 24 27 29 25 2.517
FlamesCGY 29 24 28 28 2.646
PredatorsNSH 28 26 22 23 3.055
BruinsBOS 12 12 6 15 3.464
CanadiensMTL 9 16 10 13 3.786
OilersEDM 6 9 14 10 4.041
SharksSJ 27 29 21 27 4.163
KnightsVGS 7 8 15 5 4.359
JetsWPG 22 18 27 24 4.509
Blue JacketsCBJ 25 17 25 22 4.619
Red WingsDET 11 13 4 8 4.726
DevilsNJ 17 23 13 14 5.033
DucksANA 20 28 18 19 5.292
LeafsTOR 15 25 17 18 5.292
SabresBUF 10 19 8 12 5.859
IslandersNYI 16 21 9 11 6.028
KingsLA 23 14 26 20 6.245
CapitalsWSH 13 6 19 17 6.506
SenatorsOTT 19 4 20 16 8.963