NHL 2019/20 Team Rankings

HERE WE GO AGAIN FOR 2019/20


These team rankings are based on the ELO rating system.

This is purely mathematical based on wins and losses. Each team has a score. That score increases or decreases based on wins and losses. The amount of change is based on the score of the opponent. Eg. If a strong team beats a weak team then they don't gain a lot of points because it is expected. If a weak team beats a strong team then they gain a lot of points and the strong team loses a bunch. It balances out. Streaks can swing a team's rankings by a lot.

For the purposes of my calculations, each team started with 2500 points. K is 100 and doesn't change.

NOTE: I changed the scoring system so that OT/SO wins are lesser than regular wins (half a win). And an OT/SO loss is half a loss.

After 612 games played this season the rankings for Dec 31 2019 are:

#	Team	# GP	Lowest Score	Average Score	Highest Score	Elo Score
1	St. Louis Blues	40	2434	2556	2701	2701
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	39	2441	2555	2677	2677
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	40	2310	2493	2668	2615
4	Vancouver Canucks	40	2334	2477	2621	2605
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	37	2444	2523	2611	2604
6	Florida Panthers	38	2390	2515	2613	2587
7	Boston Bruins	40	2440	2597	2737	2584
8	Carolina Hurricanes	39	2364	2540	2726	2584
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	39	2336	2474	2623	2558
10	Washington Capitals	40	2447	2608	2724	2556
11	Chicago Blackhawks	40	2341	2452	2585	2555
12	New York Rangers	38	2384	2508	2630	2535
13	Minnesota Wild	40	2336	2489	2671	2529
14	Philadelphia Flyers	39	2366	2526	2624	2527
15	Dallas Stars	40	2295	2523	2733	2516
16	Colorado Avalanche	39	2408	2578	2706	2499
17	Calgary Flames	41	2328	2488	2667	2493
18	New York Islanders	37	2413	2582	2743	2488
19	Vegas Golden Knights	42	2320	2488	2593	2486
20	New Jersey Devils	38	2277	2415	2522	2475
21	Nashville Predators	38	2292	2476	2629	2471
22	Winnipeg Jets	39	2395	2527	2695	2458
23	Montreal Canadiens	39	2361	2499	2642	2444
24	Ottawa Senators	40	2308	2440	2591	2437
25	Anaheim Ducks	39	2345	2469	2642	2412
26	Los Angeles Kings	41	2298	2430	2535	2396
27	San Jose Sharks	40	2311	2453	2619	2395
28	Edmonton Oilers	41	2344	2505	2671	2368
29	Buffalo Sabres	40	2342	2473	2623	2364
30	Arizona Coyotes	41	2346	2506	2610	2346
31	Detroit Red Wings	40	2198	2345	2586	2235

Division	Avg Score
Atlantic	2483
Central	2532
Metropolitan	2550
Pacific	2437

Conference	Avg Score
Eastern	2516
Western	2482