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NHL power rankings
Every team rated by who they beat and by how much. A rating of +5 means the team has
played about five goals better than an average opponent; 0 is dead-average.
Strength of schedule is built in — beating good teams counts for more.
Scope: 2026 season · latest result 2026-06-15 · recomputed daily
| # | Team | Rating |
Record | For | Against |
| 1 |
Carolina Hurricanes |
+1.3 |
45-17 |
3.7 |
2.6 |
| 2 |
Buffalo Sabres |
+1.1 |
37-20 |
3.7 |
2.8 |
| 3 |
Tampa Bay Lightning |
+0.8 |
31-20 |
3.5 |
2.9 |
| 4 |
Montreal Canadiens |
+0.8 |
36-26 |
3.3 |
2.9 |
| 5 |
Ottawa Senators |
+0.6 |
26-22 |
3.3 |
2.8 |
| 6 |
Colorado Avalanche |
+0.6 |
34-23 |
3.4 |
2.7 |
| 7 |
Boston Bruins |
+0.6 |
27-21 |
3.3 |
2.9 |
| 8 |
Pittsburgh Penguins |
+0.6 |
26-24 |
3.6 |
3.2 |
| 9 |
Vegas Golden Knights |
+0.5 |
36-31 |
3.3 |
2.9 |
| 10 |
Columbus Blue Jackets |
+0.4 |
23-21 |
3.1 |
2.8 |
| 11 |
Utah Mammoth |
+0.4 |
27-21 |
3.5 |
3.1 |
| 12 |
Dallas Stars |
+0.3 |
27-22 |
3.2 |
2.9 |
| 13 |
Washington Capitals |
+0.3 |
23-20 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
| 14 |
Minnesota Wild |
+0.2 |
27-26 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
| 15 |
St. Louis Blues |
+0.2 |
22-20 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
| 16 |
Philadelphia Flyers |
+0.1 |
27-27 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
| 17 |
Detroit Red Wings |
-0.1 |
18-24 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
| 18 |
New Jersey Devils |
-0.1 |
22-21 |
2.9 |
3.2 |
| 19 |
Edmonton Oilers |
-0.1 |
23-25 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
| 20 |
Nashville Predators |
-0.1 |
21-23 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
| 21 |
New York Rangers |
-0.1 |
15-26 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
| 22 |
Anaheim Ducks |
-0.4 |
28-27 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
| 23 |
New York Islanders |
-0.4 |
21-21 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
| 24 |
Seattle Kraken |
-0.5 |
18-27 |
2.9 |
3.4 |
| 25 |
Florida Panthers |
-0.5 |
19-24 |
2.9 |
3.5 |
| 26 |
Los Angeles Kings |
-0.5 |
19-29 |
2.7 |
3.3 |
| 27 |
Winnipeg Jets |
-0.6 |
20-25 |
2.8 |
3.2 |
| 28 |
San Jose Sharks |
-0.7 |
20-23 |
3.0 |
3.6 |
| 29 |
Calgary Flames |
-0.8 |
17-26 |
2.5 |
3.3 |
| 30 |
Chicago Blackhawks |
-0.9 |
15-28 |
2.4 |
3.4 |
| 31 |
Toronto Maple Leafs |
-1.0 |
14-29 |
2.9 |
4.0 |
| 32 |
Vancouver Canucks |
-1.8 |
9-34 |
2.4 |
4.2 |
How it works: we take every completed game, cap blowout margins so one
rout can't own a rating, and solve for the set of ratings where each team's number equals
its average margin plus the average rating of the teams it faced. That is the classic
Simple Rating System — fully reproducible from public scores, no human votes.
Ratings recompute daily as results land.
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