Updated Thursday Mar. 12

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
AvalancheCOL43-11-9
1.00 - 16 121.0 >99% 23%
2
HurricanesCAR41-17-6
2.75 - 25 111.0 >99% 15%
3
StarsDAL40-14-10
3.50 - 32 112.5 >99% 10%
4
LightningTB39-20-4
4.00 - 15 105.9 99% 11%
5
WildMIN38-16-11
5.50 - 27 107.9 >99% 5%
6
SabresBUF40-19-6
5.75 - 6 106.1 >99% 5%
7
SenatorsOTT32-23-9
8.25 ↑ 1 20 94.7 39% 2%
8
BruinsBOS36-22-6
10.00 ↑ 2 17 97.5 67% 2%
9
CanadiensMTL36-18-10
10.50 - 14 102.2 93% 2%
10
MammothUTA34-26-5
10.50 ↓ 3 24 93.8 94% 5%
11
OilersEDM32-25-8
12.50 - 31 92.2 87% 4%
12
IslandersNYI37-23-5
12.75 ↑ 2 18 98.2 78% 2%
13
Red WingsDET36-22-7
12.75 - 11 98.0 70% 2%
14
Blue JacketsCBJ33-21-10
13.50 ↑ 2 13 96.4 61% 2%
15
CapitalsWSH32-27-7
14.00 - 12 89.1 7% <1%
16
PanthersFLA32-29-3
15.00 ↑ 2 1 87.7 3% <1%
17
PenguinsPIT32-17-15
15.25 ↓ 5 28 97.8 77% 2%
18
DucksANA36-25-3
17.75 ↑ 1 23 95.6 97% 2%
19
KnightsVGS29-22-14
18.00 ↓ 2 26 91.9 84% 3%
20
DevilsNJ32-30-2
18.25 - 4 85.7 1% <1%
21
PredatorsNSH29-27-8
22.75 ↑ 4 9 85.3 26% <1%
22
FlyersPHI30-23-11
22.75 ↓ 1 3 89.0 6% <1%
23
JetsWPG26-27-10
23.25 - 21 82.2 8% <1%
24
KingsLA26-23-15
23.75 ↑ 2 7 87.5 42% 1%
25
RangersNYR26-30-8
24.00 ↑ 3 5 78.8 <1% <1%
26
KrakenSEA29-25-9
25.25 ↓ 4 29 85.8 32% 1%
27
BluesSTL25-29-10
27.50 ↑ 2 10 77.6 1% <1%
28
LeafsTOR27-27-11
27.50 ↓ 4 2 81.9 <1% <1%
29
SharksSJ30-26-6
28.00 ↓ 2 8 86.0 30% <1%
30
FlamesCGY25-32-7
29.75 - 30 74.2 <1% <1%
31
BlackhawksCHI24-29-11
30.00 - 22 75.4 <1% <1%
32
CanucksVAN19-37-8
32.00 - 19 62.1 <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 1 1 1.00
HurricanesCAR 3 3 3 2 2.75
StarsDAL 4 2 4 4 3.50
LightningTB 2 5 6 3 4.00
WildMIN 5 6 5 6 5.50
SabresBUF 6 10 2 5 5.75
SenatorsOTT 10 4 11 8 8.25
BruinsBOS 11 7 8 14 10.00
CanadiensMTL 7 16 9 10 10.50
MammothUTA 8 14 13 7 10.50
OilersEDM 9 15 17 9 12.50
IslandersNYI 15 18 7 11 12.75
Red WingsDET 17 12 10 12 12.75
Blue JacketsCBJ 16 8 15 15 13.50
CapitalsWSH 12 9 19 16 14.00
PanthersFLA 18 11 18 13 15.00
PenguinsPIT 13 13 16 19 15.25
DucksANA 19 22 12 18 17.75
KnightsVGS 14 17 24 17 18.00
DevilsNJ 20 19 14 20 18.25
PredatorsNSH 25 24 20 22 22.75
FlyersPHI 21 26 21 23 22.75
JetsWPG 22 21 26 24 23.25
KingsLA 23 23 28 21 23.75
RangersNYR 24 25 22 25 24.00
KrakenSEA 27 20 27 27 25.25
BluesSTL 29 29 23 29 27.50
LeafsTOR 26 27 31 26 27.50
SharksSJ 28 31 25 28 28.00
FlamesCGY 31 28 30 30 29.75
BlackhawksCHI 30 30 29 31 30.00
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
AvalancheCOL 1 1 1 1 0.000
CanucksVAN 32 32 32 32 0.000
HurricanesCAR 3 3 3 2 0.000
BlackhawksCHI 30 30 29 31 0.577
WildMIN 5 6 5 6 0.577
StarsDAL 4 2 4 4 1.155
FlamesCGY 31 28 30 30 1.528
RangersNYR 24 25 22 25 1.528
PenguinsPIT 13 13 16 19 1.732
LightningTB 2 5 6 3 2.082
BruinsBOS 11 7 8 14 2.082
PredatorsNSH 25 24 20 22 2.646
JetsWPG 22 21 26 24 2.646
LeafsTOR 26 27 31 26 2.646
KingsLA 23 23 28 21 2.887
FlyersPHI 21 26 21 23 2.887
SharksSJ 28 31 25 28 3.000
MammothUTA 8 14 13 7 3.215
DevilsNJ 20 19 14 20 3.215
BluesSTL 29 29 23 29 3.464
Red WingsDET 17 12 10 12 3.606
SenatorsOTT 10 4 11 8 3.786
SabresBUF 6 10 2 5 4.000
KrakenSEA 27 20 27 27 4.041
PanthersFLA 18 11 18 13 4.041
OilersEDM 9 15 17 9 4.163
Blue JacketsCBJ 16 8 15 15 4.359
CanadiensMTL 7 16 9 10 4.726
KnightsVGS 14 17 24 17 5.132
CapitalsWSH 12 9 19 16 5.132
DucksANA 19 22 12 18 5.132
IslandersNYI 15 18 7 11 5.686