NHL Power Rankings: 2017-18 Consensus Week 5
St. Louis Blues and Tampa Bay Lightning sit atop our consensus NHL power rankings.

The St. Louis Blues and Tampa Bay Lightning tie for the No. 1 slot in our consensus NHL power rankings for week five.

The Los Angeles Kings hold steady at No. 3.

The New Jersey Devils and Columbus Blue Jackets are tied at No. 4.

Constant at the bottom are the Arizona Coyotes, who are once again at No. 31.

The Florida Panthers slide down to No. 30, with the Buffalo Sabres moving up one spot to No. 29.

The Carolina Hurricanes fall four spots to No. 28.

The Edmonton Oilers jump one slot to No. 27 and round out the bottom five.

** We used eight sources this week so we were able to drop the highest and lowest ranking from each team, then used six rankings to come up with our consensus.

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We’ve taken power rankings from eight media outlets this week. To get our consensus NHL Power Rankings point totals, we awarded the top team 31 points, the second team 30 points, third team 29 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 published. Different outlets use different factors in determining their rankings. **