2026-27 NHL Power Rankings

All 32 teams ranked.

Updated Oct 22, 2026, 4:31 AM ET

At a glance

Rating moves, last 10 games

Biggest gain: +50rating pts; Oilers; 9 games
Biggest drop: −49rating pts; Sabres
Biggest one-game swing: −19rating pts; Capitals; Lost 5–2 to LA

Best matchups

This week: TBvsVGK; TB won 6–2
Last week: VGKvsMIN; MIN won 4–2

Rankings

Based on 25,000 simulations, 11% into the season.

Playoff chancesLower oddsHigher odds

						Playoff Chances
Rank	Team
1	Hurricanes8-2-1	Last 10 games: Elo up 18	1642	30	121.3	98%	32%
2	Lightning7-2-0	Last 9 games: Elo up 28	1576	14	110.2	89%	9%
3	Golden Knights8-3-0	Last 10 games: Elo up 12	1573	32	110.1	94%	10%
4	Avalanche5-4-1	Last 10 games: Elo down 8	1561	28	104.3	85%	6%
5	Wild6-2-2	Last 10 games: Elo up 16	1558	tied for 6	108.0	88%	6%
6	Bruins7-2-1	Last 10 games: Elo up 39	1555	22	106.7	82%	5%
7	Stars5-3-1	Last 9 games: Elo up 19	1550	12	104.0	84%	5%
8	Senators7-3-0	Last 10 games: Elo up 8	1546	26	103.7	78%	4%
9	Oilers7-1-1	Last 9 games: Elo up 50	1541	31	106.6	86%	5%
10	Canadiens4-3-2	Last 9 games: Elo down 27	1533	23	98.3	59%	2%
11	Capitals5-4-0	Last 9 games: Elo down 2	1529	tied for 6	98.3	63%	2%
12	Mammoth7-3-0	Last 10 games: Elo up 28	1528	19	101.9	80%	3%
13	Sabres4-4-2	Last 10 games: Elo down 49	1523	15	95.4	50%	1%
14	Blues4-4-1	Last 9 games: Elo down 1	1523	18	97.4	68%	2%
15	Rangers7-3-1	Last 10 games: Elo up 40	1517	13	98.4	61%	2%
16	Panthers5-3-2	Last 10 games: Elo up 8	1497	25	93.1	42%	<1%
17	Devils5-4-0	Last 9 games: Elo up 1	1490	17	90.4	38%	<1%
18	Islanders5-3-1	Last 9 games: Elo up 16	1488	29	90.8	37%	<1%
19	Penguins3-6-1	Last 10 games: Elo down 22	1488	10	86.9	28%	<1%
20	Predators3-2-3	Last 8 games: Elo down 3	1485	5	91.2	42%	<1%
21	Flyers3-6-3	Last 10 games: Elo down 15	1482	1	86.2	22%	<1%
22	Blue Jackets3-5-0	Last 8 games: Elo down 38	1473	11	84.5	23%	<1%
23	Kraken6-3-1	Last 10 games: Elo up 36	1468	24	91.2	46%	<1%
24	Ducks4-5-0	Last 9 games: Elo down 12	1463	21	86.0	35%	<1%
25	Jets4-3-2	Last 9 games: Elo up 2	1460	9	86.8	32%	<1%
26	Maple Leafs5-4-2	Last 10 games: Elo up 31	1452	8	83.5	16%	<1%
27	Red Wings3-3-3	Last 9 games: Elo down 25	1450	27	81.7	12%	<1%
28	Sharks5-4-1	Last 10 games: Elo down 9	1443	16	84.6	27%	<1%
29	Kings1-4-2	Last 7 games: Elo down 21	1433	tied for 2	78.9	15%	<1%
30	Flames2-6-0	Last 8 games: Elo down 42	1415	20	74.2	10%	<1%
31	Blackhawks3-6-0	Last 9 games: Elo down 10	1399	4	72.1	7%	<1%
32	Canucks2-8-1	Last 10 games: Elo down 32	1359	tied for 2	64.2	1%	<1%

Trend: Elo change over each team’s last 10 games (all games so far until a team has played 10)
SoS Rk: SoS Played Rank
Pts Proj: Point Projection
Title: Win Stanley Cup

Battle for No. 1

Who has held No. 1 in our rankings this season, day by day.

Hurricanes23/23 days at No. 1

Rank comparison

Our rank beside Sagarin, Massey, DRatings and MoneyPuck, sorted by their consensus (the average of their ranks).

Rank 32Rank 1

					The other sites
Rank	Team
1	Hurricanes8-2-1	1	1.8	We rank them higher by 0.8	3	2	1	1
2	Lightning7-2-0	2	2.3	We rank them higher by 0.3	2	1	3	3
3	Golden Knights8-3-0	3	4.8	We rank them higher by 1.8	4	4	5	6
tied for 4	Wild6-2-2	5	5.8	We rank them higher by 0.8	5	8	6	4
tied for 4	Stars5-3-1	7	5.8	We rank them lower by 1.2	7	10	4	2
6	Avalanche5-4-1	4	6.8	We rank them higher by 2.8	6	14	2	5
7	Oilers7-1-1	9	7.0	We rank them lower by 2.0	1	3	11	13
8	Mammoth7-3-0	12	8.3	We rank them lower by 3.7	8	6	10	9
9	Bruins7-2-1	6	10.3	We rank them higher by 4.3	9	5	12	15
tied for 10	Senators7-3-0	8	10.8	We rank them higher by 2.8	12	9	8	14
tied for 10	Capitals5-4-0	11	10.8	We rank them lower by 0.2	11	11	13	8
12	Panthers5-3-2	16	11.3	We rank them lower by 4.7	10	12	16	7
13	Islanders5-3-1	18	13.3	We rank them lower by 4.7	16	–	14	10
14	Devils5-4-0	17	14.5	We rank them lower by 2.5	15	16	15	12
15	Canadiens4-3-2	10	15.0	We rank them higher by 5.0	17	23	9	11
16	Rangers7-3-1	15	16.0	We rank them higher by 1.0	13	–	19	16
17	Sabres4-4-2	13	16.8	We rank them higher by 3.8	21	20	7	19
tied for 18	Blues4-4-1	14	19.5	We rank them higher by 5.5	23	19	18	18
tied for 18	Maple Leafs5-4-2	26	19.5	We rank them lower by 6.5	14	17	26	21
20	Jets4-3-2	25	21.3	We rank them lower by 3.7	25	18	25	17
21	Ducks4-5-0	24	22.0	We rank them lower by 2.0	18	22	21	27
22	Kraken6-3-1	23	22.3	We rank them lower by 0.7	20	13	28	28
23	Blue Jackets3-5-0	22	23.5	We rank them higher by 1.5	27	25	20	22
24	Penguins3-6-1	19	23.8	We rank them higher by 4.8	28	26	17	24
25	Predators3-2-3	20	24.0	We rank them higher by 4.0	24	24	22	26
26	Sharks5-4-1	28	24.5	We rank them lower by 3.5	19	21	29	29
27	Kings1-4-2	29	24.8	We rank them lower by 4.2	22	30	27	20
tied for 28	Flyers3-6-3	21	25.8	We rank them higher by 4.8	26	29	23	25
tied for 28	Red Wings3-3-3	27	25.8	We rank them lower by 1.2	29	27	24	23
30	Blackhawks3-6-0	31	29.8	We rank them lower by 1.2	30	28	31	30
31	Flames2-6-0	30	31.0	We rank them higher by 1.0	32	31	30	31
32	Canucks2-8-1	32	31.8	We rank them lower by 0.2	31	32	32	32

Guru: Power Rankings Guru
SAG: Sagarin
MR: Massey
MP: MoneyPuck