Updated Wednesday Dec. 11

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
CapitalsWSH19-6-2
3.00 ↑ 3 6 111.1 99% 8%
2
StarsDAL17-10-0
3.25 ↓ 1 19 107.8 97% 11%
3
JetsWPG21-9-0
4.50 - 17 108.6 95% 9%
4
PanthersFLA18-9-2
4.50 ↑ 3 8 108.5 98% 11%
5
HurricanesCAR18-9-1
4.75 ↓ 3 7 107.9 98% 9%
6
LightningTB14-10-2
6.50 ↑ 3 1 104.9 95% 10%
7
WildMIN19-5-4
7.50 ↑ 4 26 107.4 96% 4%
8
OilersEDM16-10-2
8.00 ↑ 2 23 102.0 88% 6%
9
KnightsVGS18-7-3
9.25 ↓ 1 3 105.4 93% 4%
10
KingsLA17-8-3
10.50 ↑ 3 32 103.0 90% 6%
11
DevilsNJ18-10-3
10.50 ↓ 6 2 103.1 93% 6%
12
LeafsTOR17-9-2
12.50 ↓ 6 13 100.3 87% 3%
13
AvalancheCOL17-13-0
14.50 ↓ 1 11 100.0 82% 6%
14
CanucksVAN14-8-5
14.75 ↑ 3 29 95.5 63% 2%
15
RangersNYR14-12-1
16.00 ↓ 1 30 88.4 43% 1%
16
Utah Hockey ClubUHC12-11-5
17.25 - 16 88.8 32% 1%
17
BruinsBOS15-12-3
18.00 ↓ 2 20 89.8 49% 1%
18
BluesSTL14-13-2
18.25 ↑ 1 5 84.5 16% <1%
19
FlyersPHI13-12-4
19.25 ↑ 2 9 88.1 42% 1%
20
KrakenSEA14-14-2
20.00 ↓ 2 24 84.3 17% <1%
21
SenatorsOTT12-13-2
20.50 ↓ 1 18 85.9 33% 1%
22
FlamesCGY14-10-5
20.50 - 22 87.9 28% <1%
23
PenguinsPIT12-14-4
23.00 - 12 78.6 8% <1%
24
SabresBUF11-13-4
23.00 ↑ 1 28 81.8 17% <1%
25
IslandersNYI11-12-7
24.00 ↑ 2 25 82.0 16% <1%
26
PredatorsNSH7-16-6
25.25 ↑ 2 4 75.4 2% <1%
27
DucksANA10-12-4
26.00 ↑ 2 27 73.0 2% <1%
28
CanadiensMTL11-14-3
26.50 ↑ 2 21 73.8 3% <1%
29
Red WingsDET11-13-4
26.75 ↓ 5 31 78.8 9% <1%
30
Blue JacketsCBJ12-13-3
27.50 ↓ 4 15 76.1 7% <1%
31
BlackhawksCHI9-17-2
30.75 ↑ 1 14 66.9 <1% <1%
32
SharksSJ10-16-5
31.50 ↓ 1 10 65.6 <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 5 2 3 2 3.00
StarsDAL 1 4 2 6 3.25
JetsWPG 3 1 13 1 4.50
PanthersFLA 7 3 1 7 4.50
HurricanesCAR 2 5 8 4 4.75
LightningTB 4 9 4 9 6.50
WildMIN 10 7 10 3 7.50
OilersEDM 11 6 5 10 8.00
KnightsVGS 8 8 16 5 9.25
KingsLA 12 12 6 12 10.50
DevilsNJ 6 16 7 13 10.50
LeafsTOR 9 19 14 8 12.50
AvalancheCOL 13 25 9 11 14.50
CanucksVAN 14 13 17 15 14.75
RangersNYR 15 10 25 14 16.00
Utah Hockey ClubUHC 17 14 18 20 17.25
BruinsBOS 16 27 12 17 18.00
BluesSTL 19 11 27 16 18.25
FlyersPHI 23 21 11 22 19.25
KrakenSEA 18 23 21 18 20.00
SenatorsOTT 20 26 15 21 20.50
FlamesCGY 26 17 20 19 20.50
PenguinsPIT 24 18 26 24 23.00
SabresBUF 25 22 19 26 23.00
IslandersNYI 21 28 22 25 24.00
PredatorsNSH 22 24 23 32 25.25
DucksANA 30 15 30 29 26.00
CanadiensMTL 29 20 29 28 26.50
Red WingsDET 27 29 24 27 26.75
Blue JacketsCBJ 28 31 28 23 27.50
BlackhawksCHI 31 30 32 30 30.75
SharksSJ 32 32 31 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
SharksSJ 32 32 31 31 0.577
BlackhawksCHI 31 30 32 30 0.957
CapitalsWSH 5 2 3 2 1.414
CanucksVAN 14 13 17 15 1.708
Red WingsDET 27 29 24 27 2.062
StarsDAL 1 4 2 6 2.217
KrakenSEA 18 23 21 18 2.449
Utah Hockey ClubUHC 17 14 18 20 2.500
HurricanesCAR 2 5 8 4 2.500
LightningTB 4 9 4 9 2.887
OilersEDM 11 6 5 10 2.944
PanthersFLA 7 3 1 7 3.000
KingsLA 12 12 6 12 3.000
IslandersNYI 21 28 22 25 3.162
SabresBUF 25 22 19 26 3.162
WildMIN 10 7 10 3 3.317
Blue JacketsCBJ 28 31 28 23 3.317
PenguinsPIT 24 18 26 24 3.464
FlamesCGY 26 17 20 19 3.873
CanadiensMTL 29 20 29 28 4.359
SenatorsOTT 20 26 15 21 4.509
PredatorsNSH 22 24 23 32 4.573
KnightsVGS 8 8 16 5 4.717
DevilsNJ 6 16 7 13 4.796
LeafsTOR 9 19 14 8 5.066
FlyersPHI 23 21 11 22 5.560
JetsWPG 3 1 13 1 5.745
BruinsBOS 16 27 12 17 6.377
RangersNYR 15 10 25 14 6.377
BluesSTL 19 11 27 16 6.702
AvalancheCOL 13 25 9 11 7.188
DucksANA 30 15 30 29 7.348