Saturday, October 28, 2017

NHL Power Rankings: Week #4 (2017-18)

Welcome back to T.O.A. 2017-18 NHL Power Rankings! We've got a late night addition for Week 4 as some games have come to close already tonight. The games that took place tonight will be included on Week 5 as our tabulations concluded after the last game last night.

We have a new leader! Vegas takes their first ever week topping performance in TOA's history. Congrats on their so far stellar play and our hearts out to the tragedy that they are still recuperating from. This is our third rankings this year and our third different leader. Things are shaking up to be interesting statistically this year.

This week we can see some more stability as teams are now moving at a relatively even pace between their gains and falls. We have big movers in the west in Vancouver due to recent play. Florida as well jumps up due to an 8 goal performance on Thursday night. Even falls for Washington and Detroit show similar play much like last week's even fall between the two teams.

That wraps up this week, Remember that our blog has an up-to-date Twitter profile that you can follow @TOA_Sports.

RankTeamRecord+/-Power Index
#1Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas Golden Knights
8-1-0 (16 pts.)Up 39.194
#2Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay Lightning
9-1-1 (19 pts.)Up 29.000
#3Los Angeles Kings
L.A. Kings
8-1-1 (17 pts.)Down 18.450
#4New Jersey Devils
New Jersey Devils
7-2-0 (14 pts.)Up 17.417
#5Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs
7-3-0 (14 pts.)Down 47.125
#6St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues
8-2-1 (17 pts.)Even6.773
#7Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
5-1-5 (15 pts.)Up 26.489
#8Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus Blue Jackets
7-3-0 (14 pts.)Up 26.450
#9Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
6-3-1 (13 pts.)Up 165.700
#10Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks
5-4-2 (12 pts.)Down 24.955
#11Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
5-5-0 (10 pts.)Down 44.750
#12Minnesota Wild
Minnesota Wild
3-3-2 (11 pts.)Up 114.719
#13Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins
7-3-1 (15 pts.)Down 24.682
#14Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
4-3-1 (9 pts.)Up 34.594
#15New York Islanders
N.Y. Islanders
5-4-1 (11 pts.)Up 94.425
#16Florida Panthers
Florida Panthers
4-5-0 (8 pts.)Up 104.417
#17Dallas Stars
Dallas Stars
6-5-0 (12 pts.)Down 14.250
#18Nashville Predators
Nashville Predators
5-3-2 (12 pts.)Down 54.175
#19Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim Ducks
4-4-1 (9 pts.)Up 33.694
#20Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina Hurricanes
4-4-1 (9 pts.)Down 83.472
#21
Colorado Avalanche
5-5-0 (10 pts.)Down 13.425
#22Winnipeg Jets
Winnipeg Jets
4-3-2 (10 pts.)Down 43.417
#23San Jose Sharks
San Jose Sharks
4-5-0 (8 pts.)Down 43.250
#24Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals
4-5-1 (9 pts.)Down 102.750
#25Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings
4-6-1 (9 pts.)Down 102.432
#26Calgary Flames
Calgary Flames
5-6-0 (10 pts.)Down 52.318
#27New York Rangers
N.Y. Rangers
3-6-2 (8 pts.)Up 12.250
#28Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers
3-5-1 (7 pts.)Down 11.750
#29Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
3-6-2 (8 pts.)Even1.295
#30Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
2-7-1 (5 pts.)Up 1-0.875
#31Phoenix Coyotes
Arizona Coyotes
0-9-1 (1 pts.)Down 1-2.100


Who's Hot?: Canucks (16), Wild (11), Panthers (10)

Who's Not?: Capitals (10), Red Wings (10), Hurricanes (8)

Saturday, October 21, 2017

NHL Power Rankings: Week #3 (2017-18)

Welcome back to T.O.A. 2017-18 NHL Power Rankings! Week 3 is now coming to a close and all games today will be included on Week 4's ranks.

Some housekeeping before we begin: Remember that our blog has an up-to-date Twitter profile that you can follow @TOA_Sports.

This week we can see some evening out as teams begin to aggregate more statistics. This starts improving accuracy and its most notable at Washington and Detroit's simultaneous 3 spot falls with even records. The two teams demonstrated actual gains, but not significant enough to the rest of the pack, hence the fall. In light of the apparent negative turn, both teams maintained accurate, average scoring in the power index as an anchor for the rest of the league.

New Jersey has fallen from the top spot as Toronto maintains strong play and numbers. Montreal is doing, well, Montreal things while maintaining last place for a second straight week (which should be no surprise due to their lackluster play and extreme hot or cold streaks during the beginning and end of various seasons).

This week we also introduce our, "Who's hot?/Who's not?" portion of biggest movers, both forward and backwards. Philadelphia takes the largest jump towards the top moving 13 spots while Florida tumbles 19 spots after stellar play against Tampa Bay and St. Louis in Week's 1&2. Pittsburgh had the biggest gain that did not make the list due to Dallas' and Boston's jumps. Pittsburgh continues strong play after back-to-back cups and it shows in their standings. Their power index does not reflect their record due to two close wins against a struggling Florida team. Pen's faithful need not fear, because as it goes for luck they, "most certainly do not know it." (follow @JeffMcClelland for your witty remarks and comics like The Tick).

That about wraps up Week , enjoy the ranks (or not). See you next week!:

RankTeamRecord+/-Power Index
#1Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs
6-1-0 (12 pts.)Up 110.036
#2Los Angeles Kings
L.A. Kings
5-0-1 (11 pts.)Up 69.208
#3Vegas Golden Knights
Vegas Golden Knights
5-1-0 (10 pts.)Even7.417
#4Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay Lightning
6-1-1 (13 pts.)Up 17.344
#5New Jersey Devils
New Jersey Devils
6-2-0 (12 pts.)Down 47.031
#6St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues
6-2-0 (12 pts.)Up 46.688
#7Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
4-3-0 (8 pts.)Up 136.321
#8Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks
4-2-2 (10 pts.)Down 46.297
#9Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
3-1-3 (9 pts.)Up 96.054
#10Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus Blue Jackets
5-2-0 (10 pts.)Up 36.036
#11Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins
5-2-1 (11 pts.)Up 105.656
#12Carolina Hurricanes
Carolina Hurricanes
3-1-1 (7 pts.)Up 25.500
#13Nashville Predators
Nashville Predators
4-2-1 (9 pts.)Up 35.071
#14Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals
4-3-1 (9 pts.)Down 34.719
#15Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings
4-3-1 (9 pts.)Down 34.672
#16Dallas Stars
Dallas Stars
4-3-0 (8 pts.)Up 114.607
#17Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
3-3-0 (6 pts.)Up 114.292
#18Winnipeg Jets
Winnipeg Jets
4-3-0 (8 pts.)Up 14.107
#19San Jose Sharks
San Jose Sharks
3-3-0 (6 pts.)Up 63.917
#20
Colorado Avalanche
4-4-0 (8 pts.)Down 143.844
#21Calgary Flames
Calgary Flames
4-3-0 (8 pts.)Down 123.750
#22Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim Ducks
3-3-1 (7 pts.)Down 53.536
#23Minnesota Wild
Minnesota Wild
1-2-2 (4 pts.)Down 83.450
#24New York Islanders
N.Y. Islanders
3-3-1 (7 pts.)Down 13.393
#25Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
3-3-1 (7 pts.)Down 33.393
#26Florida Panthers
Florida Panthers
2-4-0 (4 pts.)Down 192.292
#27Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers
2-4-0 (4 pts.)Down 31.125
#28New York Rangers
N.Y. Rangers
1-5-2 (4 pts.)Down 20.844
#29Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres
1-5-2 (4 pts.)Up 10.406
#30Phoenix Coyotes
Arizona Coyotes
0-6-1 (1 pts.)Down 1-1.821
#31Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
1-6-1 (3 pts.)Even-2.156


Who's Hot?: Flyers (13), Stars (11), Bruins (11)

Who's Not?: Panthers (19), Avalanche (14), Flames (12)