2015-16 Consensus NHL Power Rankings Week 14

The Washington Capitals remain a top our consensus NHL Power Rankings Week 14 after receiving seven or eight first place rankings by the media outlets. The Chicago Blackhawks moved up from fifth to second place this week.

The Florida Panthers finally lost a game. The Panthers received one first place vote, but fell to third. The Los Angeles Kings and Dallas Stars each dropped a slot.

Familiar teams still hold down the fort on the wrong end of the power rankings.

After spending some time out the rankings basement, the Columbus Blue Jackets drop back to No. 30. The Buffalo Sabres and Edmonton Oilers both move up one slot to 29th and 28th respectively.

The Toronto Maple Leafs got thumped by the Sharks on Saturday 7-0, and dropped two spots to No. 27. The Winnipeg Jets hold steady at No. 26.

RK	Team	PTS	PVS	CBS Jan. 12	SI Jan. 12	TSN	ESPN Jan. 12	CSN Mid Atl. Jan. 11	FOX Jan. 11	BR	CSN CHI. Jan. 11
1		180	1
2		168	5
3		166	2
4		164	3
5		157	4
6		144	6
7		140	10
8		135	8
9		121	7
10		112	14
11		110	18
12		109	17
13		105	15
14		104	11
15		97	22
16		92	12
17		84	9
18		71	19
19		70	27
20		69	13
21		67	20
22		61	21
23		59	16
24		49	23
25		45	24
26		31	26
27		29	25
28		16	29
29		14	30
30		7	28

Since we had 8 entries in this weeks NHL power rankings, we’ve dropped the highest and lowest totals for each team.

To get our consensus NHL Power Rankings Week 14 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 **