NHL Power Rankings: Team Rankings 2025

The 2024-25 NHL season has just crossed over the halfway point, even though the Four Nations break is still a full month away. To no one’s surprise, the Western Conference is well-represented in the top-10.

Here is a look at the updated power rankings as of Jan. 13.

NHL Power Rankings 2025

13, 14. Blue Jackets, Red Wings

Don’t look now, but these midwest foils are back in the thick of things in the Eastern Conference playoff hunt. Columbus continues to hold down the final playoff spot in the East, thanks to its 8-2-1 stretch over the past month. 

The Blue Jackets have just one regulation loss since New Year’s Eve, yet it came against the white-hot Red Wings, who have won seven straight after new coach Todd McLellan’s first-game defeat against the Maple Leafs on Dec. 27. 

These clubs will meet in the Stadium Series at Ohio Stadium on March 1, and if each keeps playing as it has, that game will have some serious stakes. 

19. Rangers

The schizophrenic Rangers are back on the upswing after their modest 4-1-1 stretch, which includes wins over the Devils and Golden Knights and a competitive overtime home loss to the Stars last week. With All-NHL goalie Igor Shesterkin back from IR, and its power play scoring on four of its past seven chances, New York has pushed within four points of the Blue Jackets for the second wild card.

New York has road tests in Colorado and Utah, plus a home game against the red-hot Blue Jackets, this week. But the Rangers are clearly one of the NHL’s most talented teams. 

20. Canucks 

The weekend was a little quieter on the trade front for the Canucks after they dominated the hot stove last week. But Vancouver continues to be mediocre–to-bad yet masked by the current NHL points model, since it has lost seven of 10 – and 13 of 21 – yet has still picked up points in 11 of its past 16 games.

The Canucks are still locked into the final Western Conference wild card and have enough talent to go on a run – especially with goalie Thatcher Demko returning from injury Friday. But they have also played like a team in the lower-half of the league rankings.  

27. Utah Hockey Club

Utah was sniffing the Western Conference playoff field around Christmas yet has cratered with eight losses in its past 10 games. Utah has just 21 goals and has only defeated the Flames and Sharks in that span.

Utah is currently in the midst of a seven-game homestand, with games against Montreal, the Rangers and Winnipeg upcoming. At least Utah is getting a sellout of 11,131 for every home game.