NHL Hockey Ratings

Updated
RankOverallChangeSOS
(Rank)
Standard
(Rank)
Inference
(Rank)
Vegas
(Rank)
1. Winnipeg Jets (39-14-3)0.4328--0.0298 (29)0.4804 (1)0.6180 (1)0.1985 (9)
2. Dallas Stars (35-18-2)0.3564+1-0.0387 (32)0.3275 (3)0.4113 (3)0.3313 (5)
3. Edmonton Oilers (34-17-4)0.3517+1-0.0356 (31)0.3057 (4)0.3340 (6)0.4169 (2)
4. Washington Capitals (36-11-8)0.3453-20.0146 (7)0.3774 (2)0.5386 (2)0.1189 (12)
5. Florida Panthers (34-20-3)0.3108-0.0029 (16)0.2483 (6)0.3487 (5)0.3372 (4)
6. Carolina Hurricanes (33-19-4)0.3049-0.0126 (10)0.2069 (8)0.2485 (8)0.4622 (1)
7. Tampa Bay Lightning (31-20-4)0.2618+1-0.0033 (20)0.1661 (11)0.4043 (4)0.2180 (8)
8. Colorado Avalanche (33-22-2)0.2538-10.0072 (13)0.2226 (7)0.2341 (9)0.3056 (6)
9. New Jersey Devils (31-20-6)0.2373--0.0027 (19)0.0794 (14)0.2986 (7)0.3387 (3)
10. Toronto Maple Leafs (33-20-2)0.2159-0.0191 (5)0.2748 (5)0.1775 (10)0.1935 (10)
11. Vegas Golden Knights (33-17-6)0.1963--0.0026 (18)0.1965 (10)0.1466 (11)0.2458 (7)
12. Los Angeles Kings (29-17-7)0.0927--0.0241 (27)0.1105 (12)0.0579 (13)0.1091 (14)
13. Ottawa Senators (29-23-4)0.0878-0.0282 (4)0.0886 (13)0.1275 (12)0.0472 (15)
14. Minnesota Wild (33-19-4)0.0434--0.0106 (24)0.2058 (9)-0.1075 (19)0.0270 (16)
15. New York Rangers (27-24-4)0.0323--0.0020 (17)-0.0484 (16)0.0136 (14)0.1343 (11)
16. New York Islanders (25-23-7)-0.0740--0.0038 (21)-0.0719 (18)-0.1283 (20)-0.0217 (19)
17. Utah Hockey Club (24-23-9)-0.0755+30.0088 (12)-0.1579 (25)-0.0255 (16)-0.0405 (20)
18. Boston Bruins (27-24-6)-0.0830-10.0313 (1)-0.0487 (17)-0.2251 (24)0.0239 (17)
19. Vancouver Canucks (26-18-11)-0.0867-1-0.0180 (25)-0.0919 (21)-0.1789 (23)0.0110 (18)
20. Detroit Red Wings (28-22-5)-0.0896-1-0.0325 (30)0.0282 (15)-0.0712 (18)-0.2293 (27)
21. Buffalo Sabres (22-27-5)-0.1369--0.0050 (22)-0.2304 (27)-0.0524 (17)-0.1252 (21)
22. Columbus Blue Jackets (26-22-8)-0.1415--0.0053 (23)-0.0799 (19)0.0025 (15)-0.3490 (29)
23. St. Louis Blues (25-26-5)-0.1618-0.0061 (15)-0.1455 (24)-0.1642 (21)-0.1763 (25)
24. Calgary Flames (26-21-8)-0.1698--0.0275 (28)-0.1154 (23)-0.2267 (25)-0.1688 (23)
25. Nashville Predators (19-28-7)-0.1927-0.0140 (8)-0.3524 (30)-0.3395 (30)0.1188 (13)
26. Philadelphia Flyers (24-26-7)-0.1947-0.0066 (14)-0.1905 (26)-0.2390 (26)-0.1547 (22)
27. Seattle Kraken (24-29-4)-0.2010--0.0202 (26)-0.2430 (29)-0.1657 (22)-0.1931 (26)
28. Montreal Canadiens (25-26-5)-0.2278-0.0289 (3)-0.0886 (20)-0.2622 (27)-0.3369 (28)
29. Pittsburgh Penguins (23-25-9)-0.2362-0.0129 (9)-0.2369 (28)-0.2974 (29)-0.1742 (24)
30. Anaheim Ducks (24-24-6)-0.3025-0.0165 (6)-0.0945 (22)-0.2938 (28)-0.5254 (31)
31. Chicago Blackhawks (17-31-7)-0.4830-0.0305 (2)-0.4765 (31)-0.4735 (31)-0.4993 (30)
32. San Jose Sharks (15-35-7)-0.6700-0.0104 (11)-0.6515 (32)-0.7093 (32)-0.6498 (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.