2015-16 Consensus NHL Power Rankings – Week 11

The Washington Capitals are the consensus favorites for week 11 in our NHL power rankings. All nine media outlets ranked the Capitals at number one. The Dallas Stars remain at No. two, with seven of nine ranking them second.

The Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues moved into the top five.

The Blackhawks moved up three slots to third position. The Bruins and Blue were tied for fourth, with the Bruins moving up from eight, and the Blues jumping up from tenth.

In the Auston Matthews section of the consensus NHL power rankings, the Blue Jackets remain at No. 30 and Maple Leafs remain at No. 29.

The Anaheim Ducks struggles see them dropping three slots to No. 28. The Sabres move up a slot to 27, and the Canucks hold steady at No. 26.

RK	Team	PTS	PVS	The 4th Period Dec. 23	THN Dec. 23	CBS Dec. 22	ESPN Dec. 21	BR Dec. 21	CSN Mid Atl. Dec. 21	FOX Dec. 21	USA Today Dec. 21	CSN CHI. Dec. 21
1		210	1
2		201	2
3		188	6
4		181	8
		181	10
6		180	3
7		158	9
8		157	4
9		154	7
10		145	17
11		138	5
12		126	14
13		124	15
14		119	12
15		118	11
16		106	20
17		104	13
18		103	23
19		75	24
20		65	21
21		64	19
22		57	27
23		55	16
24		52	22
25		51	18
26		42	26
27		39	28
28		28	25
29		24	29
30		11	30

Since we had 9 entries in this weeks NHL power rankings, we’ve dropped the highest and lowest totals for each team.

To get our consensus point total, we awarded the top team 30 points, the second team 29 points, third team 28 points, etc. Added each teams total points and divided by the number of outlets used.

** Keep in mind the dates the rankings were posted, and in some cases, they may have been submitted to their editors the day before it was posted **