Consensus NHL Power Rankings – Week Three

Our consensus NHL power rankings for week three of the NHL season. We have included Neil Greenberg’s Washington Posts power rankings that uses a different format for ranking. * See below chart for Greenberg’s explanation

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.

RK
Conensus
PTS
CBS Sports
Oct. 28th
the Score
Oct. 27th
TSN
Oct. 27th
ESPN
Oct. 27th
The Hockey News
Oct. 27th
Washington Post
Oct. 27th
1
168
2
165
3
155
4
154
5
149
6
147
7
145
8
127
9
124
10
120
11
114
12
110
13
110
14
110
15
105
16
98
17
90
18
74
19
72
20
68
21
65
22
63
23
55
24
50
25
45
26
30
27
30
28
29
29
10
30
8

Week Two consensus power rankings

* Washington Post:

These NHL power rankings are based on two factors that are estimates of a team’s true talent level, both adjusted for strength of schedule: Pythagenpat win percentage and percentage of even-strength shots in their favor when the game is within one goal (“Fenwick Close“).

Pythagenpat estimates a team’s true talent level based on goals for and against, while a team’s Fenwick Close gives us a proxy for their ability to drive puck possession. The more shots in their favor after eliminating score effects, the more sustainable winning should be.  You can find a complete explanation of the methodology by clicking here.

** Ken Campbell’s THN note on the Oilers ranking

Before you get all over us for ranking the Oilers too high, consider that these rankings are weighted heavily toward teams that have had good weeks. And nobody in the league had a better week than the Oilers, who may just have saved Dallas Eakins’ job by posting three straight wins.

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