Updated Monday Apr. 13

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
HurricanesCAR52-22-6
1.50 ↑ 1 16 112.4 >99% 14%
2
AvalancheCOL52-16-11
1.50 ↓ 1 28 119.1 >99% 20%
3
SabresBUF49-23-8
4.00 ↑ 1 15 108.6 >99% 7%
4
StarsDAL48-20-12
5.00 ↑ 1 29 110.4 >99% 8%
5
LightningTB49-25-6
5.25 ↓ 2 11 106.7 >99% 8%
6
SenatorsOTT43-27-11
7.00 ↑ 3 13 98.4 >99% 5%
7
CanadiensMTL48-23-10
7.50 - 9 107.1 >99% 4%
8
WildMIN45-23-12
8.25 ↓ 2 27 104.5 >99% 6%
9
BruinsBOS44-27-10
10.00 ↓ 1 4 99.3 >99% 4%
10
CapitalsWSH42-30-9
10.50 ↑ 5 14 94.1 15% 1%
11
MammothUTA42-32-6
12.50 ↓ 1 24 92.6 >99% 4%
12
OilersEDM40-30-10
13.75 ↓ 1 32 92.5 >99% 4%
13
KnightsVGS37-26-17
13.75 ↑ 1 30 93.7 >99% 7%
14
PenguinsPIT41-24-16
14.00 ↓ 2 6 99.2 >99% 3%
15
DevilsNJ42-36-3
14.75 ↓ 2 7 88.0 <1% <1%
16
Blue JacketsCBJ40-29-12
15.25 ↑ 2 5 93.2 7% <1%
17
FlyersPHI41-27-12
15.75 ↓ 1 12 96.1 78% 2%
18
Red WingsDET41-30-9
17.00 ↓ 1 8 93.0 <1% <1%
19
IslandersNYI43-33-5
18.25 - 10 92.0 <1% <1%
20
PredatorsNSH38-32-10
20.00 ↑ 4 18 88.5 26% <1%
21
JetsWPG35-32-12
20.50 - 19 85.2 <1% <1%
22
RangersNYR33-38-9
21.25 ↓ 2 3 77.0 <1% <1%
23
BluesSTL34-33-12
22.50 ↓ 1 26 83.0 <1% <1%
24
DucksANA42-32-6
23.25 ↓ 1 31 92.0 93% 1%
25
KingsLA34-26-19
23.50 ↑ 1 21 90.7 80% 2%
26
PanthersFLA38-38-4
24.50 ↓ 1 1 82.3 <1% <1%
27
LeafsTOR32-34-14
28.00 ↑ 1 2 79.7 <1% <1%
28
KrakenSEA34-34-11
28.50 ↑ 1 25 81.6 <1% <1%
29
FlamesCGY33-38-9
28.75 ↑ 1 23 76.9 <1% <1%
30
SharksSJ37-34-8
29.25 ↓ 3 20 84.9 <1% <1%
31
BlackhawksCHI28-38-14
30.50 - 17 72.0 <1% <1%
32
CanucksVAN24-48-8
32.00 - 22 57.7 <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
HurricanesCAR 1 2 1 2 1.50
AvalancheCOL 2 1 2 1 1.50
SabresBUF 4 4 3 5 4.00
StarsDAL 5 6 5 4 5.00
LightningTB 3 9 6 3 5.25
SenatorsOTT 7 8 7 6 7.00
CanadiensMTL 6 13 4 7 7.50
WildMIN 8 5 12 8 8.25
BruinsBOS 12 7 8 13 10.00
CapitalsWSH 9 10 11 12 10.50
MammothUTA 10 15 16 9 12.50
OilersEDM 11 16 18 10 13.75
KnightsVGS 15 3 23 14 13.75
PenguinsPIT 13 19 13 11 14.00
DevilsNJ 16 17 10 16 14.75
Blue JacketsCBJ 17 12 17 15 15.25
FlyersPHI 14 22 9 18 15.75
Red WingsDET 18 11 20 19 17.00
IslandersNYI 19 18 19 17 18.25
PredatorsNSH 22 23 15 20 20.00
JetsWPG 21 14 22 25 20.50
RangersNYR 20 20 21 24 21.25
BluesSTL 26 24 14 26 22.50
DucksANA 23 25 24 21 23.25
KingsLA 24 21 26 23 23.50
PanthersFLA 25 26 25 22 24.50
LeafsTOR 27 28 30 27 28.00
KrakenSEA 28 27 29 30 28.50
FlamesCGY 29 31 27 28 28.75
SharksSJ 30 30 28 29 29.25
BlackhawksCHI 31 29 31 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
PanthersFLA 25 26 25 22 0.577
RangersNYR 20 20 21 24 0.577
IslandersNYI 19 18 19 17 0.577
HurricanesCAR 1 2 1 2 0.577
SenatorsOTT 7 8 7 6 0.577
StarsDAL 5 6 5 4 0.577
AvalancheCOL 2 1 2 1 0.577
SabresBUF 4 4 3 5 0.577
CapitalsWSH 9 10 11 12 1.000
DucksANA 23 25 24 21 1.000
KrakenSEA 28 27 29 30 1.000
SharksSJ 30 30 28 29 1.155
BlackhawksCHI 31 29 31 31 1.155
LeafsTOR 27 28 30 27 1.528
FlamesCGY 29 31 27 28 2.000
KingsLA 24 21 26 23 2.517
BruinsBOS 12 7 8 13 2.646
Blue JacketsCBJ 17 12 17 15 2.887
LightningTB 3 9 6 3 3.000
MammothUTA 10 15 16 9 3.215
PenguinsPIT 13 19 13 11 3.464
WildMIN 8 5 12 8 3.512
OilersEDM 11 16 18 10 3.606
DevilsNJ 16 17 10 16 3.786
JetsWPG 21 14 22 25 4.359
PredatorsNSH 22 23 15 20 4.359
CanadiensMTL 6 13 4 7 4.726
Red WingsDET 18 11 20 19 4.726
BluesSTL 26 24 14 26 6.429
FlyersPHI 14 22 9 18 6.557
KnightsVGS 15 3 23 14 10.066