NHL Power Rankings: Week #8 (2017-18)

We're back with T.O.A.'s 2017-18 NHL Power Rankings! This week we're back with a late one from games that took place on Friday and Saturday.

The Lightning continue their assault on the NHL even though they took some losses this week. The Blues are now President Trophy leaders, but not for TOA! The Pens seem to be showing a little bit of that negative side to the initial anomaly, further justifying their ranking but not reflective in their record. We're starting to get a clearer picture as to the strengths of each team as well as their weaknesses.

This ends Week 8. Remember that our blog has an up-to-date Twitter profile that you can follow @TOA_Sports.

Rank	Team	Record	+/-	Power Index
#1	Tampa Bay Lightning	16-5-2 (34 pts.)	Even	7.109
#2	Vegas Golden Knights	15-6-1 (31 pts.)	Up 3	6.761
#3	St. Louis Blues	17-6-1 (35 pts.)	Even	6.698
#4	N.Y. Islanders	14-7-2 (30 pts.)	Up 3	6.054
#5	New Jersey Devils	14-5-4 (32 pts.)	Up 3	5.674
#6	Columbus Blue Jackets	15-7-1 (31 pts.)	Up 4	5.674
#7	Winnipeg Jets	14-6-3 (31 pts.)	Down 5	5.620
#8	Toronto Maple Leafs	15-9-1 (31 pts.)	Down 4	5.610
#9	Nashville Predators	14-6-3 (31 pts.)	Up 5	5.451
#10	N.Y. Rangers	12-9-2 (26 pts.)	Up 11	5.054
#11	L.A. Kings	13-8-3 (29 pts.)	Down 5	4.990
#12	Chicago Blackhawks	11-8-2 (24 pts.)	Up 1	4.943
#13	Colorado Avalanche	11-9-2 (24 pts.)	Down 2	4.602
#14	San Jose Sharks	12-8-2 (26 pts.)	Up 2	4.534
#15	Washington Capitals	14-10-1 (29 pts.)	Up 9	4.410
#16	Minnesota Wild	11-9-3 (25 pts.)	Up 2	4.368
#17	Calgary Flames	13-9-1 (27 pts.)	Even	4.337
#18	Carolina Hurricanes	10-8-4 (24 pts.)	Up 1	4.170
#19	Dallas Stars	12-10-1 (25 pts.)	Up 1	4.120
#20	Boston Bruins	10-7-4 (24 pts.)	Up 1	4.095
#21	Detroit Red Wings	10-9-5 (25 pts.)	Down 6	3.898
#22	Anaheim Ducks	10-9-4 (24 pts.)	Down 4	3.828
#23	Ottawa Senators	8-8-6 (24 pts.)	Down 14	3.545
#24	Philadelphia Flyers	8-9-6 (24 pts.)	Down 2	3.503
#25	Vancouver Canucks	9-8-2 (20 pts.)	Even	3.382
#26	Pittsburgh Penguins	12-10-3 (27 pts.)	Down 3	3.350
#27	Florida Panthers	8-12-2 (18 pts.)	Even	2.193
#28	Edmonton Oilers	8-13-2 (18 pts.)	Up 1	2.185
#29	Montreal Canadiens	9-12-3 (21 pts.)	Down 1	2.031
#30	Buffalo Sabres	6-14-4 (16 pts.)	Even	1.094
#31	Arizona Coyotes	6-17-3 (15 pts.)	Even	0.933

Who's Hot?: Rangers (11), Capitals (9), Predators (5)

Who's Not?: Senators (14), Red Wings (6), Jets/Kings (5)

NHL Power Rankings: Week #8 (2013-14)

Disclaimer: This week's Power Ranks are a result of Monday, November 25, 2013 prior to any games played. Ranks may have changed slightly in 24 hours. To keep with consistency, games from last night will be added to next week's (week #9) rankings.

This week there was some big moves done on re-calibrating the T.O.A. Power Rankings. We've added a new category to further solidify a teams strength. What the aim of these power rankings are is simple: To truly ranks the teams by how powerful they are based on what they've done. Many ranks will shoot teams from #20 to #5 if they go on a 3 or 4 game winning streak & they are a big market team.

Anyone, even the casual fan, can see a team when they are hot & don't need these so called "experts" to tell you so. What they need is a true ranking system that pushes the boundaries on future predictions & above all the potential Stanley Cup winner based on team strengths. This is not a fail-safe Stanley Cup winner predictor, but T.O.A. is batting 1.000 (Chicago was obvious though last year, big wow).

The new category that was added to the power rankings was the ROW, or regulation & overtime wins, which is a tiebreaker for the NHL playoff seeds. This shows if a squad can win in the allotted 65 minutes in regulation play plus overtime. Shoot-outs don't count come April, so if you can get it done on the ice & not one-on-one with the goalie, then its logical you'll be winning in the postseason.

Teams that have been immediately affected by the new system have been Pittsburgh, Florida, & Carolina. It's pretty simple, the best get better & have a slightly better Power Index (P.I.), & the worst keep getting bad. Even though its only a slight change in decimal places, try telling a professional NHL player that an inch is only an inch.

End rant. Here's the new T.O.A. Week #8 Power Ranks! We hope you enjoy the new system:

Rank	Team	Record	+/-	Power Index
#1	St. Louis Blues	16-3-3 (35 pts.)	Up 1	7.5454
#2	San Jose Sharks	15-3-5 (35 pts.)	Up 1	7.1304
#3	Colorado Avalanche	17-5-0 (34 pts.)	Up 1	6.8636
#4	Chicago Blackhawks	16-4-4 (36 pts.)	Down 3	6.7083
#5	Anaheim Ducks	17-6-3 (37 pts.)	Even	5.8846
#6	Boston Bruins	15-6-2 (32 pts.)	Up 2	5.8261
#7	Phoenix Coyotes	14-5-4 (28 pts.)	Down 1	5.5652
#8	Pittsburgh Penguins	15-9-0 (30 pts.)	Up 5	5.2083
#9	Minnesota Wild	15-5-4 (34 pts.)	Even	5.1667
#10	L.A. Kings	15-6-3 (33 pts.)	Even	5.1667
#11	Toronto Maple Leafs	14-8-1 (29 pts.)	Up 1	5.0435
#12	Tampa Bay Lightning	14-8-1 (29 pts.)	Down 5	4.8261
#13	Montreal Canadiens	13-9-2 (28 pts.)	Up 2	4.6667
#14	Detroit Red Wings	11-7-7 (29 pts.)	Up 2	4.28
#15	Washington Capitals	12-10-2 (26 pts.)	Down 4	4.2083
#16	Vancouver Canuckss	12-9-4 (28 pts.)	Up 1	3.92
#17	Dallas Stars	11-9-2 (24 pts.)	Down 3	3.7272
#18	Ottawa Senators	9-11-4 (22 pts.)	Even	3.2083
#19	Philadelphia Flyers	10-10-2 (22 pts.)	Up 8	3.045
#20	Winnipeg Jets	10-11-4 (24 pts.)	Down 1	2.96
#21	N.Y. Rangers	12-11-0 (24 pts.)	Up 2	2.9565
#22	New Jersey Devils	9-9-5 (23 pts.)	Even	2.25
#23	N.Y. Rangers	10-10-0 (20 pts.)	Down 3	2.2
#24	Nashville Predators	11-10-2 (24 pts.)	Even	2
#25	Calgary Flames	8-11-4 (20 pts.)	Up 1	2.4348
#26	Columbus Blue Jackets	8-12-3 (19 pts.)	Down 5	2.2174
#27	Carolina Hurricanes	9-10-5 (23 pts.)	Down 2	2.125
#28	Edmonton Oilers	7-15-2 (16 pts.)	Up 1	1.5833
#29	Florida Panthers	6-13-5 (17 pt.)	Down 1	1.2917
#30	Buffalo Sabres	5-19-1 (11 pts.)	Even	-0.44

Who's Hot?: Philadelphia & Pittsburgh

Who's Not?: Tampa Bay & Columbus