Updated Tuesday Mar. 24

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
AvalancheCOL46-13-10
1.25 - 19 120.0 >99% 24%
2
HurricanesCAR45-19-6
2.50 - 26 111.4 >99% 16%
3
LightningTB43-21-5
3.75 ↑ 1 20 107.3 >99% 10%
4
StarsDAL43-16-11
4.00 ↓ 1 31 111.9 >99% 8%
5
SabresBUF44-20-7
4.50 - 14 108.2 >99% 5%
6
SenatorsOTT36-24-9
6.25 ↑ 1 25 97.2 57% 4%
7
WildMIN40-19-12
6.75 ↓ 1 32 105.0 >99% 5%
8
Blue JacketsCBJ37-22-11
9.75 ↑ 6 15 98.5 74% 3%
9
BruinsBOS39-23-8
10.00 ↓ 1 13 98.7 72% 2%
10
CanadiensMTL38-21-10
10.25 - 10 100.3 82% 2%
11
MammothUTA37-28-6
12.50 ↓ 2 21 93.4 97% 4%
12
Red WingsDET38-24-8
13.50 ↑ 3 9 97.5 56% 2%
13
IslandersNYI40-26-5
13.75 ↓ 1 16 97.3 60% 1%
14
CapitalsWSH35-27-9
14.00 ↑ 3 6 91.3 7% <1%
15
PenguinsPIT35-19-16
15.50 ↓ 2 12 98.7 78% 2%
16
KnightsVGS32-25-14
16.00 - 27 91.4 90% 5%
17
OilersEDM34-28-9
16.75 ↓ 6 30 89.9 80% 3%
18
DucksANA39-27-4
17.75 ↑ 2 18 96.3 99% 2%
19
PanthersFLA34-32-3
17.75 ↓ 1 3 85.7 <1% <1%
20
DevilsNJ35-32-2
17.75 ↓ 1 4 86.0 <1% <1%
21
FlyersPHI34-23-12
20.75 - 8 93.1 14% <1%
22
JetsWPG29-29-12
22.00 ↑ 2 24 82.7 6% <1%
23
PredatorsNSH33-28-9
22.75 ↑ 4 17 87.7 51% <1%
24
KingsLA28-25-17
24.50 ↓ 2 7 87.4 43% 1%
25
RangersNYR28-33-9
25.00 ↓ 2 2 76.5 <1% <1%
26
BluesSTL28-30-11
25.25 ↑ 2 23 80.3 2% <1%
27
LeafsTOR29-29-13
26.50 ↓ 1 1 82.2 <1% <1%
28
KrakenSEA31-29-9
26.50 ↓ 3 29 83.7 15% <1%
29
SharksSJ32-30-6
28.75 - 5 84.4 17% <1%
30
FlamesCGY29-34-7
29.00 - 28 76.3 <1% <1%
31
BlackhawksCHI26-31-13
30.75 - 11 76.3 <1% <1%
32
CanucksVAN21-40-8
32.00 - 22 60.9 <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
AvalancheCOL 1 1 2 1 1.25
HurricanesCAR 3 2 3 2 2.50
LightningTB 2 5 5 3 3.75
StarsDAL 4 4 4 4 4.00
SabresBUF 5 7 1 5 4.50
SenatorsOTT 8 3 7 7 6.25
WildMIN 6 6 9 6 6.75
Blue JacketsCBJ 12 9 8 10 9.75
BruinsBOS 11 10 6 13 10.00
CanadiensMTL 7 13 12 9 10.25
MammothUTA 9 15 18 8 12.50
Red WingsDET 17 12 11 14 13.50
IslandersNYI 14 20 10 11 13.75
CapitalsWSH 10 14 16 16 14.00
PenguinsPIT 13 17 17 15 15.50
KnightsVGS 16 8 23 17 16.00
OilersEDM 15 18 22 12 16.75
DucksANA 18 21 14 18 17.75
PanthersFLA 21 11 20 19 17.75
DevilsNJ 19 19 13 20 17.75
FlyersPHI 20 27 15 21 20.75
JetsWPG 23 16 25 24 22.00
PredatorsNSH 24 26 19 22 22.75
KingsLA 25 23 27 23 24.50
RangersNYR 26 25 24 25 25.00
BluesSTL 29 24 21 27 25.25
LeafsTOR 22 28 30 26 26.50
KrakenSEA 27 22 29 28 26.50
SharksSJ 28 31 26 30 28.75
FlamesCGY 30 29 28 29 29.00
BlackhawksCHI 31 30 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.

SITES PULLED FROM
TEAM SAGARIANSAG MONEY
PUCKMP		 MASSEY
RATINGSMY		 DRatings
RATINGSDR		 STAN DEVSTDEV
CanucksVAN 32 32 32 32 0.000
StarsDAL 4 4 4 4 0.000
BlackhawksCHI 31 30 31 31 0.577
AvalancheCOL 1 1 2 1 0.577
HurricanesCAR 3 2 3 2 0.577
FlamesCGY 30 29 28 29 1.000
RangersNYR 26 25 24 25 1.000
LightningTB 2 5 5 3 1.732
WildMIN 6 6 9 6 1.732
KingsLA 25 23 27 23 2.000
Blue JacketsCBJ 12 9 8 10 2.082
PenguinsPIT 13 17 17 15 2.309
SharksSJ 28 31 26 30 2.517
BruinsBOS 11 10 6 13 2.646
SenatorsOTT 8 3 7 7 2.646
CapitalsWSH 10 14 16 16 3.055
SabresBUF 5 7 1 5 3.055
Red WingsDET 17 12 11 14 3.215
CanadiensMTL 7 13 12 9 3.215
DevilsNJ 19 19 13 20 3.464
OilersEDM 15 18 22 12 3.512
DucksANA 18 21 14 18 3.512
PredatorsNSH 24 26 19 22 3.606
KrakenSEA 27 22 29 28 3.606
BluesSTL 29 24 21 27 4.041
LeafsTOR 22 28 30 26 4.163
MammothUTA 9 15 18 8 4.583
JetsWPG 23 16 25 24 4.726
IslandersNYI 14 20 10 11 5.033
PanthersFLA 21 11 20 19 5.508
FlyersPHI 20 27 15 21 6.028
KnightsVGS 16 8 23 17 7.506