Carolina moves into first in my NHL power ratings at 102.067, just 0.082 ahead of Minnesota. Boston climbs to third, and Edmonton drops from first to fourth. Vegas and the Rangers enter the top 10, replacing Colorado and Utah.

Power Ratings Top 10

Carolina takes over even though its rating falls 0.283. Edmonton drops 0.667, opening the door for Minnesota and Boston to move ahead as well. New Jersey gains 0.637 and moves from seventh to fifth. The Rangers climb seven places to tenth, just 0.023 ahead of Nashville.

Rank Team W L OT Pts GF GA Rating SoS
1 Carolina Hurricanes 14 3 2 30 78 45 102.067 99.360
2 Minnesota Wild 12 3 4 28 63 43 101.985 99.973
3 Boston Bruins 13 4 1 27 68 41 101.881 99.729
4 Edmonton Oilers 12 3 3 27 75 55 101.726 99.600
5 New Jersey Devils 13 5 0 26 66 51 101.578 99.988
6 Tampa Bay Lightning 11 4 2 24 63 53 101.422 99.968
7 Washington Capitals 9 6 0 18 53 51 101.154 100.430
8 Vegas Golden Knights 12 5 2 26 64 51 101.063 99.705
9 Montreal Canadiens 11 3 3 25 61 53 100.907 99.561
10 New York Rangers 10 7 1 21 55 52 100.783 100.094

Full power ratings

Adjusted Offense Top 10

Colorado stays first at 0.853 despite a 0.269 decline. Edmonton remains second at 0.756, with Carolina third at 0.693. Washington and Anaheim each climb four spots to fifth and sixth. New Jersey enters at eighth as Toronto falls from sixth to 12th.

Rank Team Adjusted Offense
1 Colorado Avalanche 0.853
2 Edmonton Oilers 0.756
3 Carolina Hurricanes 0.693
4 Boston Bruins 0.621
5 Washington Capitals 0.575
6 Anaheim Ducks 0.561
7 Tampa Bay Lightning 0.501
8 New Jersey Devils 0.468
9 Seattle Kraken 0.400
10 Utah Mammoth 0.339

Full adjusted offense rankings

Adjusted Defense Top 10

Minnesota remains first at 0.944. Boston gains 0.217 to move ahead of Dallas into second. Vegas climbs from ninth to fifth, and Nashville’s 0.401 gain takes it from 15th to eighth. Florida drops out of the top 10.

Rank Team Adjusted Defense
1 Minnesota Wild 0.944
2 Boston Bruins 0.811
3 Dallas Stars 0.744
4 Carolina Hurricanes 0.606
5 Vegas Golden Knights 0.495
6 New Jersey Devils 0.444
7 New York Rangers 0.438
8 Nashville Predators 0.401
9 New York Islanders 0.294
10 Edmonton Oilers 0.192

Full adjusted defense rankings

HPR Top 10 by Position

Hockey Performance Rating (HPR) combines production, efficiency and on-ice measures within each position group. The November 9 source includes 461 qualified skaters, down from 463. The ratings are provisional early in the season. Goalies have no HPR in this update, and players the source lists without a specific forward position remain in their own group.

Centers

Leon Draisaitl takes first at 88.56, ahead of Connor McDavid at 87.76. Jack Hughes is third at 73.81.

Rank Player Team GP G A PTS HPR
1 Leon Draisaitl EDM 18 16 18 34 88.56
2 Connor McDavid EDM 18 10 37 47 87.76
3 Jack Hughes NJD 18 9 16 25 73.81
4 Auston Matthews TOR 19 11 16 27 73.21
5 Nathan MacKinnon COL 18 10 20 30 71.88
6 Logan Stankoven CAR 19 11 7 18 69.06
7 Martin Nečas COL 18 9 14 23 66.36
8 Jack Eichel VEG 19 8 16 24 66.22
9 Jake Guentzel TBL 17 10 8 18 65.97
10 Logan Cooley UTA 18 11 10 21 63.04

Left Wings

Kirill Kaprizov stays first at 91.41, more than 18 points clear of Matthew Tkachuk. Cutter Gauthier gains 25.42 HPR points and enters the top ten.

Rank Player Team GP G A PTS HPR
1 Kirill Kaprizov MIN 19 16 15 31 91.41
2 Matthew Tkachuk FLA 18 4 22 26 73.24
3 Tim Stützle OTT 18 9 14 23 71.49
4 Brady Tkachuk FLA 18 10 10 20 69.66
5 Jason Robertson DAL 17 9 10 19 68.45
6 Alexis Lafrenière NYR 18 9 9 18 66.61
7 Artemi Panarin LAK 15 8 10 18 65.68
8 Kyle Connor WPG 18 13 6 19 65.68
9 Brandon Hagel TBL 17 9 9 18 65.54
10 Cutter Gauthier ANA 17 15 7 22 64.91

Right Wings

Mikko Rantanen rises to first at 83.72 and David Pastrňák drops to second despite gaining 1.04 HPR points. Jackson Blake is third at 77.46.

Rank Player Team GP G A PTS HPR
1 Mikko Rantanen DAL 17 9 12 21 83.72
2 David Pastrňák BOS 18 8 16 24 81.99
3 Jackson Blake CAR 19 5 14 19 77.46
4 Andrei Svechnikov CAR 19 9 9 18 75.80
5 Alex Tuch WSH 15 11 2 13 75.51
6 Cole Caufield MTL 17 11 5 16 73.72
7 Jack Quinn BUF 17 9 7 16 72.93
8 William Nylander TOR 19 11 11 22 72.76
9 Nikita Kucherov TBL 17 5 17 22 70.93
10 Mitch Marner VEG 17 3 17 20 70.30

Defensemen

Evan Bouchard remains first at 99.84. Quinn Hughes is second at 89.04, and Cale Makar moves from fourth to third at 77.91.

Rank Player Team GP G A PTS HPR
1 Evan Bouchard EDM 18 10 21 31 99.84
2 Quinn Hughes MIN 19 6 20 26 89.04
3 Cale Makar COL 17 5 16 21 77.91
4 Shayne Gostisbehere CAR 19 3 11 14 77.89
5 Lane Hutson MTL 17 3 14 17 77.46
6 Adam Fox NYR 18 2 20 22 77.17
7 Matthew Schaefer NYI 16 5 11 16 75.41
8 Tristan Luneau ANA 18 4 9 13 74.79
9 Devon Toews COL 18 5 11 16 74.51
10 Brandon Montour SEA 15 3 9 12 74.34

Unspecified Forwards

Sebastian Aho stays first at 93.81. Beckett Sennecke climbs from sixth to second with a 23.14-point gain, moving ahead of Macklin Celebrini, now third.

Rank Player Team GP G A PTS HPR
1 Sebastian Aho CAR 19 10 16 26 93.81
2 Beckett Sennecke ANA 18 10 12 22 85.62
3 Macklin Celebrini SJS 17 7 14 21 76.44
4 Jesper Bratt NJD 18 3 15 18 75.50
5 Berkly Catton SEA 16 5 9 14 73.31
6 Trevor Connelly VEG 19 7 5 12 70.56
7 Tye Kartye NYR 18 6 7 13 64.00
8 Michael Brandsegg-Nygard DET 18 3 7 10 54.88
9 Maksim Shabanov MIN 18 8 5 13 53.94
10 Matvei Gridin CGY 18 5 6 11 52.31

Full HPR rankings, qualification rules and methodology

Weekly Hot and Cold: Teams

These tables show the five biggest gains and declines in each rating from November 2 to November 9 across all 32 teams. They measure movement in season-to-date ratings, not performance in that week’s games alone. Positive rank movement means places gained.

Power Rating Movers

Anaheim has the biggest gain at +1.029, climbing from 24th to 17th. Nashville makes the largest climb in rank, rising eight places to 11th. San Jose falls 0.862, the largest rating decline.

Trend Team Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Rating change Prior rank Rank Places gained
Hot Anaheim Ducks 99.172 100.201 +1.029 24 17 +7
Hot Nashville Predators 99.838 100.760 +0.922 19 11 +8
Hot Winnipeg Jets 98.367 99.220 +0.853 29 24 +5
Hot New York Rangers 100.069 100.783 +0.714 17 10 +7
Hot New Jersey Devils 100.941 101.578 +0.637 7 5 +2
Cold San Jose Sharks 98.900 98.038 -0.862 25 30 -5
Cold Edmonton Oilers 102.393 101.726 -0.667 1 4 -3
Cold Toronto Maple Leafs 100.316 99.685 -0.631 14 20 -6
Cold Chicago Blackhawks 97.612 96.999 -0.613 31 31 +0
Cold St. Louis Blues 100.217 99.732 -0.485 15 19 -4

Adjusted Offense Movers

Winnipeg leads the gains at +0.290 but is still 27th, up from 29th. Toronto has the largest decline, dropping 0.356 and falling out of the top 10.

Trend Team Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Rating change Prior rank Rank Places gained
Hot Winnipeg Jets -0.684 -0.394 +0.290 29 27 +2
Hot Anaheim Ducks 0.277 0.561 +0.284 10 6 +4
Hot New Jersey Devils 0.202 0.468 +0.266 12 8 +4
Hot Columbus Blue Jackets -0.593 -0.347 +0.246 28 25 +3
Hot Washington Capitals 0.336 0.575 +0.239 9 5 +4
Cold Toronto Maple Leafs 0.486 0.130 -0.356 6 12 -6
Cold Colorado Avalanche 1.122 0.853 -0.269 1 1 +0
Cold St. Louis Blues 0.160 -0.034 -0.194 14 18 -4
Cold Edmonton Oilers 0.940 0.756 -0.184 2 2 +0
Cold Buffalo Sabres -0.106 -0.285 -0.179 20 24 -4

Adjusted Defense Movers

Nashville leads the gains at +0.401, followed by Vegas at +0.282. Chicago has the largest decline at −0.298.

Trend Team Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Rating change Prior rank Rank Places gained
Hot Nashville Predators -0.000 0.401 +0.401 15 8 +7
Hot Vegas Golden Knights 0.213 0.495 +0.282 9 5 +4
Hot Buffalo Sabres -0.503 -0.280 +0.223 28 26 +2
Hot Boston Bruins 0.594 0.811 +0.217 4 2 +2
Hot Ottawa Senators -0.167 0.043 +0.210 21 14 +7
Cold Chicago Blackhawks -0.656 -0.954 -0.298 30 31 -1
Cold San Jose Sharks -0.217 -0.481 -0.264 25 28 -3
Cold Dallas Stars 1.000 0.744 -0.256 2 3 -1
Cold New York Islanders 0.497 0.294 -0.203 5 9 -4
Cold Florida Panthers 0.205 0.006 -0.199 10 15 -5

Weekly Hot and Cold: Players

Players must appear in the same position group in both snapshots to be included below. A change can reflect a player’s updated season numbers or changes in the qualified group used for comparison.

Centers

Ross Colton posts the largest gain at +17.84 and rises 57 places. Anton Lundell has the largest decline at −10.62.

Trend Player Nov. 2 Nov. 9 HPR change Prior rank Rank Places gained
Hot Ross Colton 26.58 44.42 +17.84 111 54 +57
Hot Mikael Granlund 33.88 48.45 +14.57 93 40 +53
Hot Tomáš Hertl 46.90 60.30 +13.40 45 16 +29
Hot Thomas Novak 41.65 53.98 +12.33 61 24 +37
Hot Morgan Barron 10.27 22.31 +12.04 154 125 +29
Cold Anton Lundell 40.52 29.90 -10.62 65 98 -33
Cold Fedor Svechkov 40.48 30.38 -10.10 66 96 -30
Cold Ryan Greene 21.96 12.28 -9.68 128 147 -19
Cold Marat Khusnutdinov 35.11 25.49 -9.62 86 115 -29
Cold Mikael Backlund 26.88 17.32 -9.56 110 139 -29

Left Wings

Gauthier leads the gains at +25.42. Joel Farabee has the largest drop at −9.16.

Trend Player Nov. 2 Nov. 9 HPR change Prior rank Rank Places gained
Hot Cutter Gauthier 39.49 64.91 +25.42 25 10 +15
Hot Sandis Vilmanis 17.30 41.17 +23.87 50 21 +29
Hot Adrian Kempe 40.43 52.76 +12.33 23 17 +6
Hot William Carrier 43.00 53.47 +10.47 21 16 +5
Hot Erik Haula 13.28 21.15 +7.87 52 45 +7
Cold Joel Farabee 52.32 43.16 -9.16 16 20 -4
Cold Ondřej Palát 27.15 19.31 -7.84 39 47 -8
Cold Nikolaj Ehlers 60.25 52.57 -7.68 13 18 -5
Cold Nils Höglander 31.12 24.05 -7.07 35 41 -6
Cold Tyler Bertuzzi 28.27 21.46 -6.81 37 44 -7

Right Wings

Roman Kantserov leads the gains at +15.83. Easton Cowan falls 8.12 HPR points, the largest decline at right wing.

Trend Player Nov. 2 Nov. 9 HPR change Prior rank Rank Places gained
Hot Roman Kantserov 37.29 53.12 +15.83 38 25 +13
Hot Victor Eklund 28.28 42.90 +14.62 51 36 +15
Hot Andrei Svechnikov 62.43 75.80 +13.37 17 4 +13
Hot Ryan Leonard 49.92 62.86 +12.94 28 17 +11
Hot Anthony Mantha 37.26 49.56 +12.30 39 30 +9
Cold Easton Cowan 67.97 59.85 -8.12 12 19 -7
Cold Kiefer Sherwood 41.41 33.84 -7.57 33 44 -11
Cold Vasily Podkolzin 72.83 66.40 -6.43 8 14 -6
Cold Mark Stone 73.46 67.24 -6.22 6 13 -7
Cold Jimmy Snuggerud 64.23 58.25 -5.98 15 20 -5

Defensemen

Erik Černák gains 19.74 and climbs from 86th to 41st. Niko Mikkola has the largest drop at −9.87.

Trend Player Nov. 2 Nov. 9 HPR change Prior rank Rank Places gained
Hot Erik Černák 34.14 53.88 +19.74 86 41 +45
Hot Ryan McDonagh 24.56 35.32 +10.76 107 82 +25
Hot K’Andre Miller 34.85 44.63 +9.78 83 55 +28
Hot Dylan DeMelo 22.76 32.47 +9.71 113 91 +22
Hot J.J. Moser 25.64 34.76 +9.12 105 83 +22
Cold Niko Mikkola 54.47 44.60 -9.87 40 56 -16
Cold Alexandre Carrier 32.44 23.86 -8.58 91 110 -19
Cold Gustav Forsling 34.37 26.04 -8.33 85 105 -20
Cold Adam Pelech 19.08 10.78 -8.30 122 134 -12
Cold Brett Kulak 30.99 22.92 -8.07 95 114 -19

Unspecified Forwards

Sennecke has the biggest gain at +23.14. Teuvo Teräväinen has the largest decline at −14.64.

Trend Player Nov. 2 Nov. 9 HPR change Prior rank Rank Places gained
Hot Beckett Sennecke 62.48 85.62 +23.14 6 2 +4
Hot Mathieu Olivier 19.36 33.06 +13.70 30 22 +8
Hot Ilya Mikheyev 32.24 43.31 +11.07 23 15 +8
Hot Jesper Bratt 67.27 75.50 +8.23 4 4 +0
Hot Trevor Connelly 62.70 70.56 +7.86 5 6 -1
Cold Teuvo Teräväinen 53.76 39.12 -14.64 10 17 -7
Cold Tim Washe 39.00 28.19 -10.81 18 26 -8
Cold Matvei Gridin 62.18 52.31 -9.87 7 10 -3
Cold Mason Marchment 35.33 29.62 -5.71 21 25 -4
Cold Ben Meyers 42.21 36.94 -5.27 15 19 -4

Qualification and Position Changes

The lists below identify additions and departures separately from rating changes. Leaving the qualified pool does not, by itself, indicate a performance decline.

Group Newly qualified No longer qualified
Centers Amadeus Lombardi, Jonathan Castagna Alexander Wennberg, Zack Ostapchuk
Left Wings None A.J. Greer
Right Wings Garnet Hathaway None
Defensemen Dmitriy Simashev, Esa Lindell, Samuel Girard Dmitry Kulikov, Erik Gudbranson, Nicolas Hague, Ryan Pulock
Unspecified Forwards None Konsta Helenius

No returning qualified skater changed position groups in the source tables.

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