The Score releases NHL team tier rankings
After a crazy NHL offseason that saw a plethora of trades, draft slides, and free agency insanity, popular sports website The Score released their rankings of NHL teams by tiers.
The rankings were first broke in half with the bottom sixteen and top sixteen, before being condensed more into worst of the worst, head barely above water, notch below the playoffs, standings purgatory, moderately dangerous, scary at full potential, secondary cup favorites, and primary cup favorites. Below is how all 32 franchises were ranked.
Worst of the worst (Tier 8)
Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Blackhawks
Head barely above water (Tier 7)
Montreal Canadiens, San Jose Sharks
Notch below the playoffs (Tier 6)
Philadelphia Flyers, Anaheim Ducks, Seattle Kraken, Buffalo Sabres
Standings Purgatory (Tier 5)
Ottawa Senators, Winnipeg Jets, Detroit Red Wings, New York Islanders, Columbus Blue Jackets, New Jersey Devils, Dallas Stars, Vancouver Canucks
Moderately dangerous (Tier 4)
Nashville Predators, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, Vegas Golden Knights, Los Angeles Kings
Scary at full potential (Tier 3)
Minnesota Wild, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs
Secondary Cup favorites (Tier 2)
Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers
Primary Cup favorites (Tier 1)
Colorado Avalanche, Carolina Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Zachary Werenski | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Sean Monahan | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jesper Bratt | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Frederick Gaudreau | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jack Hughes | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Nikita Kucherov | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Mackenzie Weegar | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Kent Johnson | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Alexander Wennberg | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Mitchell Chaffee | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matthew Coronato | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Marcus Foligno | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nick Foligno | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Conor Geekie | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Stefan Noesen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Corey Perry | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Igor Sharangovich | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dmitry Voronkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 19 | 16 | 3 | - | 32 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||