Updated Sunday Feb. 1

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
AvalancheCOL36-8-9
1.25 - 19 118.9 >99% 20%
2
LightningTB34-14-4
1.75 - 25 110.3 >99% 14%
3
HurricanesCAR33-15-6
3.00 - 22 106.4 99% 11%
4
StarsDAL32-14-9
4.00 - 26 106.6 >99% 8%
5
WildMIN32-14-10
5.50 - 31 105.0 >99% 6%
6
SabresBUF31-18-5
9.00 ↑ 5 16 98.1 78% 3%
7
MammothUTA28-23-4
9.25 ↑ 1 24 92.5 76% 4%
8
BruinsBOS32-20-3
10.00 ↑ 2 17 96.5 67% 3%
9
CanadiensMTL31-17-7
10.25 ↑ 5 7 99.3 82% 3%
10
OilersEDM28-20-8
11.00 ↑ 2 30 93.9 82% 4%
11
PanthersFLA28-23-3
11.00 ↓ 2 8 91.3 28% 2%
12
PenguinsPIT28-14-11
12.50 ↑ 4 32 99.0 86% 4%
13
SenatorsOTT26-21-7
12.50 ↑ 5 14 91.2 25% 1%
14
CapitalsWSH27-22-7
13.50 ↓ 1 12 91.1 31% 2%
15
Red WingsDET32-18-6
13.50 ↓ 8 23 98.4 78% 3%
16
IslandersNYI30-20-5
14.75 ↓ 1 18 95.1 62% 2%
17
KnightsVGS25-15-14
15.50 ↓ 11 29 95.9 89% 4%
18
Blue JacketsCBJ27-20-7
16.75 ↑ 5 10 92.5 38% 1%
19
DevilsNJ28-25-2
18.25 ↓ 2 1 87.8 12% <1%
20
KingsLA23-17-13
19.50 ↑ 2 15 92.5 69% 3%
21
KrakenSEA26-19-9
21.50 ↑ 6 27 90.6 60% 2%
22
LeafsTOR25-21-9
21.75 ↓ 3 5 87.1 5% <1%
23
DucksANA28-23-3
22.25 ↓ 3 9 90.3 54% 1%
24
PredatorsNSH25-23-6
24.50 ↑ 1 11 85.7 23% <1%
25
JetsWPG22-25-7
24.75 ↓ 1 6 81.1 5% <1%
26
FlyersPHI24-20-10
25.00 ↓ 5 4 87.2 9% <1%
27
SharksSJ27-22-4
26.25 ↓ 1 3 88.4 40% 1%
28
RangersNYR22-28-6
28.00 - 2 77.3 <1% <1%
29
FlamesCGY22-26-6
28.25 - 28 78.3 2% <1%
30
BluesSTL20-26-9
30.25 ↑ 1 13 75.2 <1% <1%
31
BlackhawksCHI21-25-9
30.75 ↓ 1 21 76.2 1% <1%
32
CanucksVAN18-31-6
32.00 - 20 67.1 <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 2 1 1 1.25
LightningTB 2 1 2 2 1.75
HurricanesCAR 3 3 3 3 3.00
StarsDAL 4 4 4 4 4.00
WildMIN 5 5 7 5 5.50
SabresBUF 6 18 5 7 9.00
MammothUTA 9 10 12 6 9.25
BruinsBOS 10 11 6 13 10.00
CanadiensMTL 7 17 8 9 10.25
OilersEDM 8 13 15 8 11.00
PanthersFLA 14 6 13 11 11.00
PenguinsPIT 13 9 11 17 12.50
SenatorsOTT 16 7 17 10 12.50
CapitalsWSH 12 8 18 16 13.50
Red WingsDET 15 15 9 15 13.50
IslandersNYI 17 20 10 12 14.75
KnightsVGS 11 16 21 14 15.50
Blue JacketsCBJ 18 14 16 19 16.75
DevilsNJ 19 22 14 18 18.25
KingsLA 22 12 24 20 19.50
KrakenSEA 23 19 19 25 21.50
LeafsTOR 20 21 25 21 21.75
DucksANA 21 26 20 22 22.25
PredatorsNSH 27 24 23 24 24.50
JetsWPG 24 25 27 23 24.75
FlyersPHI 25 23 26 26 25.00
SharksSJ 26 29 22 28 26.25
RangersNYR 28 28 29 27 28.00
FlamesCGY 29 27 28 29 28.25
BluesSTL 31 30 30 30 30.25
BlackhawksCHI 30 31 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
HurricanesCAR 3 3 3 3 0.000
StarsDAL 4 4 4 4 0.000
BlackhawksCHI 30 31 31 31 0.577
BluesSTL 31 30 30 30 0.577
RangersNYR 28 28 29 27 0.577
AvalancheCOL 1 2 1 1 0.577
LightningTB 2 1 2 2 0.577
FlamesCGY 29 27 28 29 1.000
WildMIN 5 5 7 5 1.155
JetsWPG 24 25 27 23 1.528
FlyersPHI 25 23 26 26 1.528
MammothUTA 9 10 12 6 1.528
PenguinsPIT 13 9 11 17 2.000
Blue JacketsCBJ 18 14 16 19 2.000
PredatorsNSH 27 24 23 24 2.082
KrakenSEA 23 19 19 25 2.309
LeafsTOR 20 21 25 21 2.646
BruinsBOS 10 11 6 13 2.646
DucksANA 21 26 20 22 3.215
Red WingsDET 15 15 9 15 3.464
SharksSJ 26 29 22 28 3.512
OilersEDM 8 13 15 8 3.606
DevilsNJ 19 22 14 18 4.041
PanthersFLA 14 6 13 11 4.359
KnightsVGS 11 16 21 14 5.000
CapitalsWSH 12 8 18 16 5.033
IslandersNYI 17 20 10 12 5.132
SenatorsOTT 16 7 17 10 5.508
CanadiensMTL 7 17 8 9 5.508
KingsLA 22 12 24 20 6.429
SabresBUF 6 18 5 7 7.234