NHL Power Rankings: 2016-17 Consensus Week 2

It is our first consensus NHL Power Rankings of the season, and for the second week of the NHL season.

The Montreal Canadiens took five of six first place rankings this week, with the St. Louis Blues getting the other first place vote.

The Tampa Bay Lightning finished second in voting, followed by the Edmonton Oilers and Blues tied at No. 4. The Detroit Red Wings round out the top five.

At the bottom end of the NHL power rankings, the Arizona Coyotes take five of six votes. The Calgary Flames received the other last place ranking and ended the week at No. 29.

The Carolina Hurricanes are off to a slow start and sit at No. 28.

The Buffalo Sabres and Winnipeg Jets round out the bottom five.

RK	Team	PTS	SportsNet Oct. 26	TSN Oct. 24	ESPN Oct. 24	CSN Mid Atl. Oct. 24	THN Oct. 24	BR Oct. 23
1		178
2		166
3		157
		157
5		154
6		151
7		147
8		145
9		120
10		114
11		109
12		103
13		99
		99
15		95
16		94
17		83
18		82
19		73
20		72
21		67
22		58
23		57
24		56
25		43
26		34
27		32
28		22
29		16
30		7

Since we only had six entries in this weeks NHL power rankings, we didn’t drop the highest and lowest totals for each team.

To get our consensus NHL Power Rankings Week 2 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 **