NHL Power Play Rankings: Best NHL Power Plays in 2024-25

A potent power play can disguise a subpar team in today’s NHL.

The cream inevitably rises to the top come playoff time, but we have seen teams blitz the NHL over an 82-game season by dominating at 5-on-4. This is especially the case when one team goes on a historic season-long PP burner, as we have seen this season.

Here are the NHL power-play rankings with percentages accurate as of Jan. 15.

NHL Power Play Rankings: Best NHL Power Plays in 2024-25

1. Jets 

Not only is Winnipeg enjoying a resurgent season under first-year coach Scott Arniel, but their man-advantage is scoring goals at a historic rate. Winnipeg’s 32.3 power-play percentage would rank second all-time – behind only the 2022-23 Edmonton Oilers (32.4) – for power-play percentage over a full season since the league started tracking PP percentage in 1977.

Gabriel Vilardi has nearly as many power-play goals (10) himself as the entire New York Islanders (11), yet his 19 power-play points still trail Kyle Connor’s 20 for the team lead. 

Whether Winnipeg can keep this historic pace up for the rest of the regular season remains to be seen, but its dominant man-up is a main factor why it is atop the NHL standings at the season’s halfway point.

2. Red Wings

The Red Wings’ PP has been a huge factor in their quick ascent in the Eastern Conference standings. Detroit’s power play was dormant under previous coach Derek Lalonde, but it has taken off since coach Todd McLellan took over by scoring at least one PPG in eight of his nine games behind the bench.

The Wings’ PP spearheaded their seven-game winning streak that pushed them from the Atlantic Division basement to within striking distance of a playoff spot in the wide-open Eastern Conference.

9. Blue Jackets

It took Dean Evason a minute to adjust Columbus’ downtrodden power play, especially since it needed to cope with the tragic loss of Johnny Gaudreau. But the Blue Jackets power play is thriving, scoring in 13 of their past 18 games and boasting a 10-5-3 record in that span.

Thanks to their white-hot power play, the Blue Jackets are sitting in the final Eastern Conference wild-card spot with less than one half of the season left.

21. Rangers

The Rangers’ cataclysmic collapse has been the talk of the hockey world, but their demise has coincided with a frigid stretch on the power play. After scoring at a 26.2% clip over its first 14 games, the Rangers scored just seven PPGs on 63 attempts (11.1%) in their subsequent 24 games, a main factor why they went 8-16 in that span.

Their power play has rebounded, scoring four times on nine attempts over their past five games – a main reason why they are 3-0-2 in that span. But the Rangers are going to need their PP to catch fire if they are going to rally and make the playoffs, since the Rangers are 10-5-2 in games where they score a PPG and 10-15-1 in games they don’t.

32. Islanders

The Islanders are the anti-Jets, with a power play that is on pace to be one of the worst in NHL history. New York is currently on pace for the fourth-worst power play over an 82-game season since 2000 and the fifth-worst in a single season since the league started tracking power-play stats.

The Isles have not scored with the man-advantage in more than a month – they are riding an 0 for 25 drought – but could be lethal if they ever figured out their struggles with the man-advantage. New York is 8-1-1 in games in which it scores a PPG but is 9-17-6 in games where it doesn’t.