Updated Thursday Jan. 1

2025 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
AvalancheCOL30-2-7
1.00 - 20 124.6 >99% 27%
2
LightningTB23-13-3
3.25 ↑ 1 5 101.3 91% 8%
3
HurricanesCAR24-12-3
3.75 ↓ 1 10 103.3 94% 9%
4
StarsDAL25-8-7
3.75 - 25 107.2 >99% 6%
5
WildMIN24-10-7
4.25 - 32 104.1 99% 6%
6
PanthersFLA21-15-3
6.50 - 6 95.0 63% 4%
7
CapitalsWSH21-14-5
6.75 ↑ 1 7 96.7 73% 5%
8
OilersEDM20-15-6
10.00 ↑ 1 17 94.1 83% 4%
9
IslandersNYI22-14-4
10.50 ↑ 3 2 96.0 67% 3%
10
SabresBUF21-14-4
11.50 ↑ 11 15 94.0 56% 2%
11
KnightsVGS17-10-11
12.50 ↓ 4 11 96.2 88% 5%
12
Red WingsDET24-14-3
12.75 ↑ 2 28 95.9 66% 2%
13
CanadiensMTL21-12-6
13.75 ↑ 2 31 94.9 59% 2%
14
DevilsNJ21-17-2
13.75 ↓ 4 3 91.1 39% 1%
15
SenatorsOTT18-15-5
14.50 ↓ 4 29 90.5 33% 2%
16
RangersNYR19-18-5
16.25 ↓ 3 8 88.3 20% 1%
17
FlyersPHI20-12-7
16.75 - 14 93.6 52% 2%
18
KingsLA16-13-9
17.50 ↓ 2 27 91.7 69% 3%
19
MammothUTA18-19-3
18.50 - 23 86.1 37% 1%
20
BruinsBOS21-18-2
18.75 - 4 89.0 26% 1%
21
DucksANA21-16-3
20.50 ↓ 3 19 91.0 66% 2%
22
LeafsTOR18-15-6
21.50 ↑ 1 18 86.6 16% <1%
23
PredatorsNSH18-17-4
23.75 ↑ 1 13 85.3 33% 1%
24
FlamesCGY18-18-4
23.75 ↑ 1 30 84.6 29% 1%
25
JetsWPG15-19-4
24.00 ↓ 3 12 81.7 15% <1%
26
PenguinsPIT17-12-9
24.50 - 22 89.6 30% 1%
27
Blue JacketsCBJ17-16-6
25.00 ↑ 1 1 86.6 14% <1%
28
SharksSJ20-17-3
28.25 ↑ 3 9 85.7 35% <1%
29
KrakenSEA16-14-7
28.75 - 24 84.4 27% 1%
30
CanucksVAN16-20-3
29.50 ↓ 3 16 79.1 8% <1%
31
BluesSTL15-18-8
30.50 ↓ 1 21 78.7 7% <1%
32
BlackhawksCHI14-18-7
31.75 - 26 76.7 4% <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 1 1 1.00
LightningTB 2 3 4 4 3.25
HurricanesCAR 4 5 3 3 3.75
StarsDAL 3 8 2 2 3.75
WildMIN 5 2 5 5 4.25
PanthersFLA 7 7 6 6 6.50
CapitalsWSH 6 4 9 8 6.75
OilersEDM 8 11 12 9 10.00
IslandersNYI 12 16 7 7 10.50
SabresBUF 11 13 10 12 11.50
KnightsVGS 9 10 21 10 12.50
Red WingsDET 16 14 8 13 12.75
CanadiensMTL 10 15 13 17 13.75
DevilsNJ 13 20 11 11 13.75
SenatorsOTT 18 6 20 14 14.50
RangersNYR 21 12 16 16 16.25
FlyersPHI 14 19 15 19 16.75
KingsLA 19 9 24 18 17.50
MammothUTA 15 22 22 15 18.50
BruinsBOS 22 17 14 22 18.75
DucksANA 20 24 17 21 20.50
LeafsTOR 17 26 23 20 21.50
PredatorsNSH 25 28 19 23 23.75
FlamesCGY 27 25 18 25 23.75
JetsWPG 23 18 29 26 24.00
PenguinsPIT 24 21 26 27 24.50
Blue JacketsCBJ 26 23 27 24 25.00
SharksSJ 28 32 25 28 28.25
KrakenSEA 30 27 28 30 28.75
CanucksVAN 29 30 30 29 29.50
BluesSTL 31 29 31 31 30.50
BlackhawksCHI 32 31 32 32 31.75

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
AvalancheCOL 1 1 1 1 0.000
CanucksVAN 29 30 30 29 0.577
BlackhawksCHI 32 31 32 32 0.577
PanthersFLA 7 7 6 6 0.577
HurricanesCAR 4 5 3 3 1.000
LightningTB 2 3 4 4 1.000
BluesSTL 31 29 31 31 1.155
KrakenSEA 30 27 28 30 1.528
SabresBUF 11 13 10 12 1.528
WildMIN 5 2 5 5 1.732
OilersEDM 8 11 12 9 2.082
Blue JacketsCBJ 26 23 27 24 2.082
CapitalsWSH 6 4 9 8 2.517
CanadiensMTL 10 15 13 17 2.517
PenguinsPIT 24 21 26 27 2.517
FlyersPHI 14 19 15 19 2.646
StarsDAL 3 8 2 2 3.215
DucksANA 20 24 17 21 3.512
SharksSJ 28 32 25 28 3.512
MammothUTA 15 22 22 15 4.041
BruinsBOS 22 17 14 22 4.041
Red WingsDET 16 14 8 13 4.163
IslandersNYI 12 16 7 7 4.509
RangersNYR 21 12 16 16 4.509
PredatorsNSH 25 28 19 23 4.583
LeafsTOR 17 26 23 20 4.583
FlamesCGY 27 25 18 25 4.726
DevilsNJ 13 20 11 11 4.726
JetsWPG 23 18 29 26 5.508
KnightsVGS 9 10 21 10 6.658
SenatorsOTT 18 6 20 14 7.572
KingsLA 19 9 24 18 7.638