2015-16 Consensus NHL Power Rankings – Week 13

The Washington Capitals remain in top spot in our consensus NHL power rankings – week 13. The Florida Panthers are gaining ground as they continue their winning streak and move up to No. 2.

The LA Kings hold pat at No. 3. The Dallas Stars drop two spots to No. 4 and the Chicago Blackhawks move up one spot to No. 5.

At the bottom end of the rankings, there is a new team bringing up the rear this week – the Buffalo Sabres. The Edmonton Oilers remain at No. 29. The Columbus Blue Jackets move up two spots to No. 28.

The Philadelphia Flyers fall hard, dropping from No. 18 to No. 27. The Winnipeg Jets round out the bottom five at No. 26.

RK	Team	PTS	PVS	SI Jan. 5	ESPN Jan. 4	TSN Jan. 4	USA Today Jan. 4	FOX Jan. 4	CSN CHI. Jan. 4	CSN WSH Dec. 4th	CSN Mid Atl. Dec. 4	BR Jan. 3
1		203	1
2		199	4
3		199	3
4		193	2
5		185	6
6		172	5
7		164	10
8		155	8
9		138	17
10		137	7
11		127	20
12		122	9
13		121	13
14		121	11
15		115	23
16		94	14
17		92	15
18		88	21
19		87	28
20		82	19
21		70	12
22		67	16
23		61	24
24		60	22
25		56	27
26		52	25
27		30	18
28		24	30
29		18	29
30		16	26

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 **