NHL Power Rankings: 2016-17 Consensus Week 9

It was a tight race this week in our consensus NHL power rankings with only ‘two points’ separating the top three teams.

The New York Rangers were one point ahead of the Columbus Blue Jackets, who were one point ahead of the Montreal Canadiens.

The Pittsburgh Penguins were ranked fourth, with the St. Louis Blues rounding out the top five.

The Colorado Avalanche received six of seven last place rankings, finishing at No. 30 for this week.

The Arizona Coyotes came in at No. 29, the New York Islanders at No. 28 and the Buffalo Sabres at No. 27.

The Vancouver Canucks round out the bottom five at No. 26.

RK	Team	PTS	THN Dec. 8	SN Dec. 7	ESPN Dec. 6th	TSN Dec. 6th	CBS Boston Dec. 6th	BR Dec. 5th	CSN MID ATL. Dec. 5th
1		195
2		194
3		193
4		183
5		178
6		175
7		173
8		153
9		146
10		144
11		142
12		136
13		126
14		108
15		104
16		100
		100
		100
19		98
20		77
21		64
22		56
		56
		56
25		55
26		46
27		41
28		31
29		17
30		8
RK	Team	PTS	THN Dec. 8	SN Dec. 7	ESPN Dec. 6th	TSN Dec. 6th	CBS Boston Dec. 6th	BR Dec. 5th	CSN MID ATL. Dec. 5th

Since we only had six entries in this weeks NHL power rankings, we didn’t drop the highest and lowest totals for each team.

To get our consensus NHL Power Rankings Week 6 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. Different outlets use different factors in determining their rankings. **