NHL Power Rankings: 2018-19 Consensus – Week 5

Another week with the Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning holding down the top two spots in our consensus NHL power rankings.

The Toronto Maple Leafs move up a spot to No. 3.

The Minnesota Wild jumped five spots from last week and sit at No. 4.

The Boston Bruins round out the top five.

Down the bottom, the Los Angeles Kings have taken over the basement, and ‘passed’ the Detroit Red Wings.

The Florida Panthers drop a slot to No. 29.

The Ottawa Senators fall to No. 28 and the Anaheim Ducks round out the bottom five at No. 27.

Rank	Team	PVS	ESPN Nov. 8	SN Nov. 7	Yahoo! Sports Nov. 6	SI Nov. 6	TSN Nov. 5	NBC Sports WSH Nov. 5
1		1
2		2
3		4
4		9
5		6
6		17
7		7
8		8
9		5
10		3
11		12
12		T19
13		10
14		23
15		11
16		22
17		18
18		16
19		T19
20		15
21		14
22		13
23		27
24		21
25		29
26		T25
27		24
28		T25
29		28
30		31
31		30
Rank	Team	PVS	ESPN Nov. 8	SN Nov. 7	Yahoo! Sports	SI Nov. 6	TSN Nov. 5	NBC Sports WSH Nov. 5

* We’ve taken power rankings from six 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. **