We’re back with our week three consensus NHL power rankings.
There is a new No. 1 this week with the Tampa Bay Lightning taking over the top spot from the Toronto Maple Leafs, who fall to No. 3. The Los Angeles Kings move up three spots to No. 2.
The Vegas Golden Knights continue to surprise everyone and jump into the top five, coming in at No. 4.
The St. Louis Blues improve from No. 11 last week to No. 5 this week.
Still without a win, the Arizona Coyotes remain at the very bottom.
The Montreal Canadiens continue to struggle and drop a spot to No. 30, dropping below the Buffalo Sabres who move up one spot to No. 29.
Another team struggling is the New York Rangers who slide down two spots to No. 28.
Rounding out the bottom five are the Edmonton Oilers.
| RK | Team | PVS | ESPN Oct. 26 | Sporting News Oct. 26 | Sports Net Oct. 25 | NBC Sports Boston Oct. 25 | TSN Oct. 23 | OC Register Oct. 23 | NBC Sports WSH Oct. 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 3 |  | | | | |  | |
| 2 | | 5 | |  | | | | | |
| 3 | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | | 7 | |  | | | |  |  |
| 5 | | 11 | | |  |  | | | |
| 6 | | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | | 6 | | | | | |  | |
| 8 | | 8 | | | | | | |  |
| 9 | | 10 | | |  |  |  |  | |
| 10 | | 4 | | |  | | | | |
| 11 | | 18 | | |  |  | |  | |
| 12 | | 13 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | | 9 | | | | | | |  |
| 14 | | 15 | | | | | | | |
| 15 | | 25 | |  |  | | | |  |
| 16 | | 19 | | | | | | | |
| 17 | | 16 | | | | | | |  |
| 18 | | 12 | | | | | |  | |
| 19 | | 27 | | | | | | |  |
| 20 | | 27 | | | | | | | |
| 21 | | 19 | | | |  | | | |
| 14 | | | | | | | |
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| 23 | | 24 | | | | | | |  |
| 24 | | 17 | | | | | | | |
| 25 | | 19 | | | | | | | |
| 26 | | 22 |  | | | | | | |
| 27 | | 23 | | | | | | | |
| 28 | | 26 | | | | | | | |
| 29 | | 30 | | | |  | | | |
| 30 | | 29 | | | | | | | |
| 31 |  | 31 | | | | | | | |
| RK | Team | PVS | ESPN Oct. 26 | Sporting News Oct. 26 | Sports Net Oct. 25 | NBC Sports Boston Oct. 25 | TSN Oct. 23 | OC Register Oct. 23 | NBC Sports WSH Oct. 23 |
We’ve taken power rankings from seven media outlets this week. To get our consensus NHL Power Rankings point totals, we awarded the top team 31 points, the second team 30 points, third team 29 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 published. Different outlets use different factors in determining their rankings. **