Updated Friday Apr. 3

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
AvalancheCOL49-15-10
1.50 - 27 118.9 >99% 24%
2
HurricanesCAR48-21-6
1.75 - 18 111.0 >99% 16%
3
LightningTB47-22-6
2.75 - 17 108.5 >99% 10%
4
SabresBUF46-22-8
4.75 ↑ 1 12 107.1 >99% 6%
5
StarsDAL45-19-12
5.25 ↓ 1 31 109.4 >99% 7%
6
CanadiensMTL44-21-10
6.50 ↑ 2 8 106.1 >99% 3%
7
WildMIN42-21-12
7.50 - 30 104.3 >99% 5%
8
SenatorsOTT39-26-10
8.50 ↓ 2 14 96.1 54% 2%
9
BruinsBOS43-25-8
9.25 ↑ 1 11 100.3 95% 3%
10
OilersEDM39-28-9
11.00 ↑ 3 32 94.0 >99% 4%
11
MammothUTA39-30-6
13.50 ↑ 3 24 92.7 98% 4%
12
CapitalsWSH38-29-9
14.00 ↓ 1 9 91.8 9% <1%
13
Red WingsDET40-27-8
14.00 ↑ 2 5 95.8 38% 1%
14
PenguinsPIT38-22-16
14.25 ↑ 3 3 98.8 95% 2%
15
IslandersNYI42-29-5
14.50 ↑ 1 15 95.7 60% 1%
16
Blue JacketsCBJ38-26-12
15.00 ↓ 7 7 94.7 35% 1%
17
DevilsNJ39-34-2
15.75 ↓ 5 10 87.6 <1% <1%
18
KnightsVGS34-26-16
16.25 ↑ 1 29 91.1 91% 5%
19
FlyersPHI37-26-12
19.00 ↑ 2 6 93.1 14% <1%
20
PanthersFLA37-35-3
19.25 - 2 84.8 <1% <1%
21
DucksANA41-29-5
19.75 ↓ 3 25 95.6 >99% 2%
22
JetsWPG32-31-12
22.00 - 16 83.8 5% <1%
23
RangersNYR31-36-9
24.00 ↑ 4 4 76.9 <1% <1%
24
PredatorsNSH35-31-9
24.00 - 19 86.3 26% <1%
25
BluesSTL31-31-12
24.25 ↓ 2 28 81.8 2% <1%
26
KingsLA30-26-19
25.25 ↓ 1 20 87.4 33% <1%
27
LeafsTOR32-31-13
26.50 ↓ 1 1 82.9 <1% <1%
28
SharksSJ36-31-7
27.25 ↑ 2 13 87.5 42% <1%
29
KrakenSEA32-31-11
28.00 ↓ 1 23 83.1 4% <1%
30
FlamesCGY31-36-8
30.00 ↓ 1 26 76.1 <1% <1%
31
BlackhawksCHI27-35-14
30.75 - 21 73.9 <1% <1%
32
CanucksVAN22-45-8
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 2 2 1 1.50
HurricanesCAR 3 1 1 2 1.75
LightningTB 2 3 3 3 2.75
SabresBUF 6 4 4 5 4.75
StarsDAL 4 7 6 4 5.25
CanadiensMTL 5 10 5 6 6.50
WildMIN 7 6 10 7 7.50
SenatorsOTT 8 9 9 8 8.50
BruinsBOS 11 8 7 11 9.25
OilersEDM 10 12 13 9 11.00
MammothUTA 9 16 19 10 13.50
CapitalsWSH 12 13 16 15 14.00
Red WingsDET 14 14 12 16 14.00
PenguinsPIT 13 17 15 12 14.25
IslandersNYI 15 19 11 13 14.50
Blue JacketsCBJ 17 11 18 14 15.00
DevilsNJ 18 20 8 17 15.75
KnightsVGS 16 5 26 18 16.25
FlyersPHI 19 22 14 21 19.00
PanthersFLA 21 15 21 20 19.25
DucksANA 20 23 17 19 19.75
JetsWPG 22 18 25 23 22.00
RangersNYR 23 25 23 25 24.00
PredatorsNSH 25 27 22 22 24.00
BluesSTL 29 21 20 27 24.25
KingsLA 26 24 27 24 25.25
LeafsTOR 24 28 28 26 26.50
SharksSJ 28 29 24 28 27.25
KrakenSEA 27 26 30 29 28.00
FlamesCGY 30 31 29 30 30.00
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
BlackhawksCHI 31 30 31 31 0.577
AvalancheCOL 1 2 2 1 0.577
SenatorsOTT 8 9 9 8 0.577
LightningTB 2 3 3 3 0.577
FlamesCGY 30 31 29 30 1.000
RangersNYR 23 25 23 25 1.155
SabresBUF 6 4 4 5 1.155
Red WingsDET 14 14 12 16 1.155
HurricanesCAR 3 1 1 2 1.155
StarsDAL 4 7 6 4 1.528
OilersEDM 10 12 13 9 1.528
KingsLA 26 24 27 24 1.528
PenguinsPIT 13 17 15 12 2.000
BruinsBOS 11 8 7 11 2.082
WildMIN 7 6 10 7 2.082
KrakenSEA 27 26 30 29 2.082
CapitalsWSH 12 13 16 15 2.082
LeafsTOR 24 28 28 26 2.309
PredatorsNSH 25 27 22 22 2.517
SharksSJ 28 29 24 28 2.646
CanadiensMTL 5 10 5 6 2.887
DucksANA 20 23 17 19 3.000
PanthersFLA 21 15 21 20 3.464
JetsWPG 22 18 25 23 3.512
Blue JacketsCBJ 17 11 18 14 3.786
IslandersNYI 15 19 11 13 4.000
FlyersPHI 19 22 14 21 4.041
BluesSTL 29 21 20 27 4.933
MammothUTA 9 16 19 10 5.132
DevilsNJ 18 20 8 17 6.429
KnightsVGS 16 5 26 18 10.504