Updated Friday Apr. 17

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
AvalancheCOL55-16-11
1.00 - 29 121.0 >99% 20%
2
HurricanesCAR53-22-7
2.00 - 16 113.0 >99% 14%
3
SabresBUF50-23-9
4.25 - 14 109.0 >99% 7%
4
StarsDAL50-20-12
4.50 ↑ 1 26 112.0 >99% 8%
5
LightningTB50-26-6
5.50 ↓ 1 12 106.0 >99% 9%
6
SenatorsOTT44-27-11
7.00 ↑ 1 15 99.0 >99% 6%
7
CanadiensMTL48-24-10
8.00 ↓ 1 11 106.0 >99% 4%
8
WildMIN46-24-12
8.50 - 28 104.0 >99% 5%
9
BruinsBOS45-27-10
9.50 - 5 100.0 >99% 4%
10
CapitalsWSH43-30-9
10.25 ↑ 4 13 95.0 <1% <1%
11
KnightsVGS39-26-17
12.00 ↑ 2 31 95.0 >99% 7%
12
MammothUTA43-33-6
12.50 ↓ 2 25 92.0 >99% 4%
13
OilersEDM41-30-11
13.75 ↓ 1 32 93.0 >99% 5%
14
FlyersPHI43-27-12
13.75 ↑ 3 10 98.0 >99% 2%
15
PenguinsPIT41-25-16
15.50 ↓ 4 9 98.0 >99% 3%
16
DevilsNJ42-37-3
15.50 ↑ 2 6 87.0 <1% <1%
17
Blue JacketsCBJ40-30-12
16.00 ↑ 2 4 92.0 <1% <1%
18
Red WingsDET41-31-10
18.50 ↓ 3 7 92.0 <1% <1%
19
IslandersNYI43-34-5
18.75 ↓ 3 8 91.0 <1% <1%
20
RangersNYR34-39-9
19.50 ↑ 1 3 77.0 <1% <1%
21
BluesSTL37-33-12
20.00 ↑ 3 24 86.0 <1% <1%
22
PanthersFLA40-38-4
21.50 ↑ 4 2 84.0 <1% <1%
23
PredatorsNSH38-34-10
23.00 ↓ 1 19 86.0 <1% <1%
24
JetsWPG35-35-12
23.00 ↓ 4 18 82.0 <1% <1%
25
DucksANA43-33-6
23.25 ↓ 2 30 92.0 >99% 2%
26
KingsLA35-27-20
24.00 ↓ 1 27 90.0 >99% 2%
27
SharksSJ39-35-8
28.50 ↑ 1 23 86.0 <1% <1%
28
LeafsTOR32-36-14
28.50 ↓ 1 1 78.0 <1% <1%
29
FlamesCGY34-39-9
28.75 - 20 77.0 <1% <1%
30
KrakenSEA34-37-11
28.75 - 21 79.0 <1% <1%
31
BlackhawksCHI29-39-14
30.50 - 17 72.0 <1% <1%
32
CanucksVAN25-49-8
32.00 - 22 58.0 <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 2 2 2 2 2.00
SabresBUF 5 4 3 5 4.25
StarsDAL 4 6 4 4 4.50
LightningTB 3 9 7 3 5.50
SenatorsOTT 6 8 8 6 7.00
CanadiensMTL 7 13 5 7 8.00
WildMIN 9 5 12 8 8.50
BruinsBOS 11 7 9 11 9.50
CapitalsWSH 8 10 10 13 10.25
KnightsVGS 13 3 20 12 12.00
MammothUTA 10 15 16 9 12.50
OilersEDM 14 16 15 10 13.75
FlyersPHI 12 22 6 15 13.75
PenguinsPIT 15 19 14 14 15.50
DevilsNJ 16 17 11 18 15.50
Blue JacketsCBJ 17 12 19 16 16.00
Red WingsDET 19 11 23 21 18.50
IslandersNYI 22 18 18 17 18.75
RangersNYR 18 20 17 23 19.50
BluesSTL 21 24 13 22 20.00
PanthersFLA 20 26 21 19 21.50
PredatorsNSH 23 23 22 24 23.00
JetsWPG 26 14 26 26 23.00
DucksANA 24 25 24 20 23.25
KingsLA 25 21 25 25 24.00
SharksSJ 30 30 27 27 28.50
LeafsTOR 27 28 30 29 28.50
FlamesCGY 28 31 28 28 28.75
KrakenSEA 29 27 29 30 28.75
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
AvalancheCOL 1 1 1 1 0.000
CanucksVAN 32 32 32 32 0.000
HurricanesCAR 2 2 2 2 0.000
DucksANA 24 25 24 20 0.577
PredatorsNSH 23 23 22 24 0.577
SabresBUF 5 4 3 5 1.000
OilersEDM 14 16 15 10 1.000
SenatorsOTT 6 8 8 6 1.155
CapitalsWSH 8 10 10 13 1.155
KrakenSEA 29 27 29 30 1.155
StarsDAL 4 6 4 4 1.155
BlackhawksCHI 31 29 31 31 1.155
LeafsTOR 27 28 30 29 1.528
RangersNYR 18 20 17 23 1.528
SharksSJ 30 30 27 27 1.732
FlamesCGY 28 31 28 28 1.732
BruinsBOS 11 7 9 11 2.000
KingsLA 25 21 25 25 2.309
IslandersNYI 22 18 18 17 2.309
PenguinsPIT 15 19 14 14 2.646
LightningTB 3 9 7 3 3.055
PanthersFLA 20 26 21 19 3.215
DevilsNJ 16 17 11 18 3.215
MammothUTA 10 15 16 9 3.215
WildMIN 9 5 12 8 3.512
Blue JacketsCBJ 17 12 19 16 3.606
CanadiensMTL 7 13 5 7 4.163
BluesSTL 21 24 13 22 5.686
Red WingsDET 19 11 23 21 6.110
JetsWPG 26 14 26 26 6.928
FlyersPHI 12 22 6 15 8.083
KnightsVGS 13 3 20 12 8.544