NHL Power Rankings

[Teagz]

1 Detroit Red Wings
2 Boston Bruins
3 St. Louis Blues
4 New York Rangers
5 Vancouver Canucks
6 San Jose Sharks
7 Pittsburgh Penguins
8 Philadelphia Flyers
9 Chicago Blackhawks
10 Nashville Predators
11 Ottawa Senators
12 Toronto Maple Leafs
13 Los Angeles Kings
14 Washington Capitals
15 New Jersey Devils
16 Phoenix Coyotes
17 Dallas Stars
18 Colorado Avalanche
19 Montreal Canadiens
20 Florida Panthers
21 Calgary Flames
22 Minnesota Wild
23 Tampa Bay Lightning
24 Anaheim Ducks
25 Winnipeg Jets
26 Carolina Hurricanes
27 New York Islanders
28 Buffalo Sabres
29 Edmonton Oilers
30 Columbus Blue Jackets

-RealGM

 

[NV]

On what grounds are they basing this..?

 

[Teagz]

On what grounds are they basing this..?

They base it off of OCTR (Obe's Comprehensive Team Ranking) ratings according to the article.

 

[NV]

Uhhh no idea what that is lol

I'm just curious as to why the Rangers are 4th.

 

[Teagz]

Uhhh no idea what that is lol

I'm just curious as to why the Rangers are 4th.

Obe is the guy who does the Power Rankings at RealGM. Here's how he calculates it.

When I looking at the standings over the past couple of months, I realized that they didn’t accurately portray how good or bad certain teams are, especially in relation to each other. The commonly held view has been that weak/strong divisions play a large role in this. And while they do play a role, it is not as large as you might think.

So I began to think of other reasons why points don’t accurately portray the teams’ actual skill level, and found the following to be true:

- I noticed that average teams were being saved by above average goaltending, while above average teams were being let down by average goaltending.

- More often than not, offensive teams get all of the attention, while important factors such as penalty killing, face-offs, and how many shots a team allows end up being overlooked.

- As the playoffs loom, it becomes increasingly important to fare well in one-goal-games, and in overtime. Additionally, it is important to be consistent, as well as streaking in a positive way.

Thus, I created a unique formula that pulls from all important team stats/percentages and combines them into one number value. While the formula won’t be listed (as not to have it stolen, and keep it unique to myself and RealGM), I am listing all of the stats used to come to the conclusion you see below.

Stats of the OCTR:

Wins-Losses-OT Losses (Record);

Point percentage (PT%) – which is the percentage of available points the team has secured during their games played;

Goals for and against (G/GA);

Shots for and against (S/SA);

Power play and penalty killing % (PP%/PK%);

Percentage of wins in 1 goal games (1GG%);

Percentage of wins in overtime games (OT%);

Point percentage over the last 10 games (L10PT%);

Season point percentage of opponents faced over the last 10 games (L10PT%Opp);

Team faceoff percentage (FO%).