2015-16 Consensus NHL Power Rankings Week 17

Due to the All-Star break, there was not a lot of big shifts this week in our Consensus NHL Power Rankings Week 17 compared to last week, but there was movement.

The top three of Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks and Los Angeles Kings remain in the same. The Tampa Bay Lightning and St. Louis Blues flip flop rankings – fourth and the sixth.

The Florida Panthers remain between the Lightning and Blues at No. 5.

This week did bring a change in the bottom of our rankings as the Toronto Maple Leafs take over the 30th slot, dropping below the Columbus Blue Jackets who move up to No. 29.

The Edmonton Oilers and Buffalo Sabres each move up one slot to No. 28 and No. 27 respectively. The Winnipeg Jets remain at No. 26.

RK	Team	PTS	PVS	NESN Feb. 3	SI Feb. 2	CBS Feb. 2	ESPN Feb. 1	FOX Feb. 1	CSN Mid Atl. Feb. 1	CSN CHI. Feb. 1
1		149	1
2		143	2
3		136	3
4		132	6
5		130	5
6		119	4
7		109	7
8		102	8
9		101	9
10		101	12
11		99	10
12		96	17
13		93	15
14		89	11
15		88	14
16		85	19
17		74	20
18		71	13
19		65	16
20		60	18
21		46	22
22		45	23
23		41	24
24		36	21
25		30	25
26		29	26
27		17	28
28		16	29
29		13	30
30		9	27

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

To get our consensus NHL Power Rankings Week 17 point total, we awarded the top team 30 points, the second team 29 points, third team 28 points, etc.

** 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 **