NHL Hockey Ratings

Updated
RankOverallChangeSOS
(Rank)
Standard
(Rank)
Inference
(Rank)
Vegas
(Rank)
1. Florida Panthers (45-19-4)0.4779--0.0193 (25)0.4474 (1)0.6187 (1)0.3685 (3)
2. Edmonton Oilers (40-21-4)0.4197--0.0229 (28)0.3438 (4)0.4594 (3)0.4581 (1)
3. Carolina Hurricanes (42-20-6)0.4145-0.0017 (16)0.3582 (3)0.4657 (2)0.4213 (2)
4. New York Rangers (45-19-4)0.3448--0.0227 (27)0.3996 (2)0.3447 (7)0.2884 (7)
5. Colorado Avalanche (43-20-5)0.3301--0.0401 (31)0.3403 (6)0.3253 (8)0.3245 (6)
6. Dallas Stars (41-19-9)0.3209--0.0060 (19)0.2409 (8)0.3768 (6)0.3475 (5)
7. Winnipeg Jets (43-19-5)0.3185--0.0509 (32)0.3426 (5)0.4053 (4)0.2070 (10)
8. Vancouver Canucks (42-18-8)0.2821--0.0224 (26)0.2609 (7)0.3810 (5)0.2051 (11)
9. Toronto Maple Leafs (38-19-9)0.2534--0.0123 (23)0.2077 (10)0.2877 (9)0.2662 (8)
10. Boston Bruins (40-14-15)0.2389--0.0232 (29)0.1505 (12)0.2135 (10)0.3553 (4)
11. Tampa Bay Lightning (36-25-6)0.1545-0.0242 (6)0.1611 (11)0.1808 (11)0.1214 (15)
12. Nashville Predators (39-25-4)0.1430--0.0025 (17)0.2254 (9)0.1781 (12)0.0229 (18)
13. Los Angeles Kings (34-22-11)0.1152-0.0073 (12)0.0072 (17)0.1074 (14)0.2342 (9)
14. Vegas Golden Knights (36-24-7)0.1110--0.0279 (30)0.0291 (16)0.1071 (15)0.1994 (12)
15. Calgary Flames (33-29-5)0.0219-0.0420 (2)0.0507 (14)-0.0131 (18)0.0271 (17)
16. Minnesota Wild (33-27-8)-0.0058-0.0284 (4)0.0367 (15)-0.0660 (20)0.0106 (19)
17. Buffalo Sabres (32-31-5)-0.0192+2-0.0161 (24)-0.0610 (21)0.1133 (13)-0.1087 (23)
18. St. Louis Blues (36-29-3)-0.0256+20.0122 (8)0.1050 (13)0.0543 (16)-0.2402 (25)
19. New Jersey Devils (32-32-4)-0.0282-2-0.0113 (22)-0.1130 (22)-0.1207 (22)0.1516 (13)
20. Detroit Red Wings (34-28-6)-0.0324-20.0080 (11)-0.0203 (19)0.0340 (17)-0.1111 (24)
21. Philadelphia Flyers (34-26-8)-0.0640-0.0140 (7)-0.0013 (18)-0.1024 (21)-0.0903 (22)
22. Seattle Kraken (28-26-12)-0.0730-0.0320 (3)-0.1389 (23)-0.0375 (19)-0.0405 (20)
23. Pittsburgh Penguins (30-28-9)-0.0848+1-0.0112 (21)-0.1644 (25)-0.2111 (26)0.1235 (14)
24. New York Islanders (29-23-15)-0.0977-10.0104 (10)-0.1609 (24)-0.1824 (25)0.0521 (16)
25. Washington Capitals (32-25-9)-0.1569+1-0.0082 (20)-0.0392 (20)-0.1657 (24)-0.2694 (26)
26. Ottawa Senators (28-34-4)-0.1679-10.0058 (14)-0.2136 (26)-0.2448 (27)-0.0440 (21)
27. Arizona Coyotes (28-35-5)-0.2256--0.0037 (18)-0.2670 (27)-0.1381 (23)-0.2705 (27)
28. Columbus Blue Jackets (23-34-11)-0.4251-0.0059 (13)-0.4052 (29)-0.4084 (28)-0.4624 (29)
29. Montreal Canadiens (25-31-11)-0.4349-0.0046 (15)-0.3658 (28)-0.4944 (29)-0.4467 (28)
30. Anaheim Ducks (23-42-3)-0.5918-0.0111 (9)-0.4545 (30)-0.7549 (30)-0.5702 (30)
31. Chicago Blackhawks (19-44-5)-0.6875-0.0481 (1)-0.5901 (31)-0.7559 (31)-0.7196 (31)
32. San Jose Sharks (16-44-7)-0.8480-0.0280 (5)-0.7251 (32)-0.9954 (32)-0.8272 (32)

Ratings Over Time

Ratings Methodology

This table represents the current NHL Hockey computer ratings as computed by the Donchess Inference Index. More information on how these NHL Hockey ratings are computed can be found on the Methodology page.

  • Overall Rating: This ratings system that is a combination of the Standard Rating, the Inference Rating and Vegas Rating. This is the final rating that is used to rank the teams.
  • Standard Rating: Looks at game outcome and score differential only. Record is the most important factor in this rating system.
  • Inference Rating: Heavily weights the outcomes of opponents’ games. This system is a much better predictor of future game outcomes.
  • Vegas Rating: This is our newest rating that only takes into account the Vegas line on each game.

Please see our NHL predictions page to see our projections for each game and outright season predictions.