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 193 games played this season the rankings for Oct 31 2019 are:

#	Team	# GP	Lowest Score	Average Score	Highest Score	Elo Score
1	Boston Bruins	12	2500	2617	2694	2694
2	New York Islanders	11	2440	2533	2673	2673
3	Nashville Predators	12	2477	2545	2629	2629
4	Washington Capitals	14	2447	2550	2643	2623
5	Vancouver Canucks	12	2400	2526	2621	2621
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	13	2441	2536	2645	2567
7	Florida Panthers	13	2432	2501	2580	2555
8	Carolina Hurricanes	12	2468	2552	2644	2552
9	Montreal Canadiens	12	2422	2491	2552	2552
10	St. Louis Blues	13	2434	2521	2603	2552
11	Arizona Coyotes	12	2414	2536	2610	2543
12	Buffalo Sabres	13	2500	2569	2623	2542
13	Vegas Golden Knights	13	2469	2530	2586	2540
14	Colorado Avalanche	12	2500	2616	2680	2533
15	Anaheim Ducks	14	2440	2549	2642	2509
16	New York Rangers	10	2384	2475	2586	2506
17	Tampa Bay Lightning	12	2456	2515	2570	2501
18	Dallas Stars	14	2295	2394	2500	2485
19	Edmonton Oilers	14	2425	2571	2671	2482
20	Philadelphia Flyers	11	2366	2490	2583	2461
21	Toronto Maple Leafs	14	2444	2505	2593	2450
22	Calgary Flames	14	2381	2465	2513	2427
23	New Jersey Devils	10	2333	2416	2500	2423
24	Columbus Blue Jackets	12	2406	2471	2530	2418
25	Ottawa Senators	11	2308	2387	2500	2413
26	Minnesota Wild	13	2336	2413	2500	2396
27	Winnipeg Jets	13	2395	2455	2534	2395
28	Chicago Blackhawks	11	2352	2419	2500	2385
29	San Jose Sharks	13	2348	2443	2533	2385
30	Detroit Red Wings	13	2279	2430	2586	2362
31	Los Angeles Kings	13	2326	2429	2500	2326

Division	Avg Score
Atlantic	2508
Central	2482
Metropolitan	2527
Pacific	2479

Conference	Avg Score
Eastern	2518
Western	2480