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Sunday Morning NHL Ranking (12/28/14)

Kevin Hoffman-USA TODAY Sports

An evolving look at the NHL through an index of team rankings. Last Sunday's is here.

THE INGREDIENTS

CF% Corsi For Percentage (5v5)

GF% Goals For Percentage (5v5)

SAV% Save Percentage (5v5)

STI Special Teams Index

ShotDiff Shot Differential

THE NUMBERS

TEAM

INDEX

RANK

TREND

GP

PTS

PPG

RANK

CF

GF

SAV%

PP

PK

STI

SF

SA

SHOT
DIFF

12/21/2014

RANK

12/14/2014

RANK

12/7/2014

RANK

11/30/2014

RANK

11/26/2014

RANK

CHI

110.07

1

0.72

36.00

50.00

1.39

4

54.80

60.20

93.87

18.70

91.00

109.70

35.20

28.50

6.70

109.34

1

108.60

1

110.10

1

109.76

1

109.14

2

NAS

106.63

2

1.33

34.00

48.00

1.41

1

52.90

64.50

94.70

13.50

79.60

93.10

32.10

28.20

3.90

105.30

3

105.24

4

105.19

4

106.50

3

105.80

3

PIT

106.62

3

-0.75

35.00

49.00

1.40

3

50.60

60.20

93.97

23.10

87.30

110.40

30.90

30.40

0.50

107.37

2

107.40

2

107.60

2

109.01

2

110.41

1

DET

104.98

4

0.93

36.00

47.00

1.31

7

53.20

52.30

92.62

24.30

88.40

112.70

30.80

27.20

3.60

104.05

5

104.41

5

104.81

5

104.17

5

103.65

7

TAM

103.93

5

-0.13

37.00

48.00

1.30

8

53.70

57.10

92.02

18.50

81.70

100.20

29.50

27.60

1.90

104.06

4

105.33

3

106.01

3

105.18

4

104.31

5

LAK

103.32

6

0.94

36.00

43.00

1.19

15

53.40

54.90

93.38

20.60

80.20

100.80

31.60

29.10

2.50

102.38

7

102.55

7

102.57

6

100.87

8

100.74

10

STL

101.92

7

-0.60

35.00

45.00

1.29

9

50.40

54.10

92.79

24.80

77.50

102.30

31.20

27.60

3.60

102.52

6

102.57

6

102.12

7

104.14

6

104.71

4

NYR

100.81

8

0.94

33.00

42.00

1.27

10

49.80

55.00

92.23

17.10

82.90

100.00

29.70

28.30

1.40

99.87

13

98.96

16

98.73

17

100.13

11

99.42

13

SJS

100.66

9

-0.38

36.00

43.00

1.19

16

52.20

48.40

92.15

24.50

83.00

107.50

31.40

29.60

1.80

101.04

8

101.04

9

100.17

9

98.95

15

98.24

14

MIN

100.54

10

0.13

33.00

36.00

1.09

19

53.20

49.60

89.95

14.40

87.00

101.40

31.70

26.50

5.20

100.41

9

101.52

8

102.10

8

101.93

7

104.05

6

MON

100.24

11

-0.13

35.00

46.00

1.31

6

50.10

54.50

92.87

15.30

86.30

101.60

27.50

30.20

-2.70

100.37

11

99.27

14

98.02

18

98.77

16

98.24

15

WIN

100.21

12

-0.16

33.00

40.00

1.21

13

52.40

50.50

92.82

15.20

84.40

99.60

30.50

27.90

2.60

100.37

10

99.68

11

98.81

16

96.73

19

96.73

18

WAS

99.94

13

-0.22

35.00

42.00

1.20

14

50.90

50.90

91.95

23.80

78.20

102.00

30.20

28.00

2.20

100.16

12

99.38

13

99.13

15

99.07

14

100.11

11

NYI

99.89

14

0.33

35.00

47.00

1.34

5

52.60

53.10

91.56

17.90

73.70

91.60

32.80

27.80

5.00

99.57

14

98.92

17

99.79

10

100.84

9

101.40

9

BOS

99.03

15

0.09

36.00

39.00

1.08

20

52.20

51.30

92.71

16.50

79.30

95.80

30.10

29.50

0.60

98.94

15

99.49

12

99.64

12

100.18

10

100.05

12

FLA

98.99

16

0.12

32.00

38.00

1.19

17

52.30

51.50

92.97

13.00

81.20

94.20

31.50

30.30

1.20

98.87

16

99.00

15

99.22

13

97.50

17

95.69

21

ANA

98.65

17

-0.03

37.00

52.00

1.41

2

50.20

52.00

92.38

16.50

79.70

96.20

30.50

28.90

1.60

98.68

17

99.91

10

99.73

11

99.81

12

101.72

8

VAN

98.05

18

1.04

33.00

42.00

1.27

11

49.90

46.50

90.90

19.40

86.40

105.80

31.50

28.80

2.70

97.02

18

97.65

18

99.15

14

99.08

13

97.91

16

TOR

96.22

19

-0.72

35.00

43.00

1.23

12

45.40

51.10

92.16

20.30

83.90

104.20

29.90

34.40

-4.50

96.94

19

97.42

19

97.47

19

96.75

18

96.21

20

DAL

96.08

20

0.64

34.00

35.00

1.03

21

50.50

49.30

90.81

16.00

79.20

95.20

30.00

31.30

-1.30

95.44

20

94.17

23

94.05

23

94.91

22

95.14

22

NJD

94.84

21

-0.43

37.00

31.00

0.84

28

49.80

46.60

92.95

20.20

78.20

98.40

25.70

30.50

-4.80

95.26

21

95.92

20

97.02

20

96.65

20

97.09

17

CAR

94.69

22

-0.20

35.00

24.00

0.69

29

51.50

40.90

90.86

17.10

84.70

101.80

29.30

28.00

1.30

94.89

23

95.28

21

96.76

21

96.57

21

96.38

19

PHI

94.49

23

-0.64

35.00

34.00

0.97

23

47.70

47.80

92.46

21.60

74.40

96.00

29.40

30.90

-1.50

95.13

22

94.00

24

92.92

25

92.91

26

94.28

24

CAL

93.68

24

-0.37

37.00

41.00

1.11

18

44.80

48.80

92.30

19.20

76.80

96.00

27.50

28.30

-0.80

94.05

24

94.77

22

94.57

22

94.25

23

93.13

25

OTT

93.63

25

-0.19

35.00

35.00

1.00

22

47.60

45.00

93.03

18.40

82.30

100.70

29.20

33.60

-4.40

93.83

25

93.62

25

93.62

24

93.35

24

95.05

23

COL

93.01

26

0.08

35.00

34.00

0.97

24

44.90

47.60

92.35

14.70

85.00

99.70

29.10

34.10

-5.00

92.94

26

92.30

26

92.40

26

93.16

25

92.19

27

EDM

90.63

27

-0.16

36.00

21.00

0.58

30

50.30

40.20

90.31

12.00

80.40

92.40

28.40

29.60

-1.20

90.79

27

90.85

27

90.90

28

91.00

28

90.58

28

AZC

90.32

28

-0.47

35.00

30.00

0.86

27

49.50

39.80

90.76

19.50

75.40

94.90

28.80

31.80

-3.00

90.79

28

90.81

28

91.04

27

92.62

27

93.05

26

CBJ

89.19

29

-0.32

34.00

33.00

0.97

25

45.90

37.50

91.56

24.00

80.30

104.30

27.80

33.70

-5.90

89.52

29

89.63

29

88.78

29

87.62

29

89.07

29

BUF

80.60

30

-0.24

36.00

31.00

0.86

26

37.70

40.50

92.59

8.90

76.60

85.50

23.60

35.70

-12.10

80.84

30

80.16

30

78.91

30

79.63

30

77.99

30

OBSERVATIONS

01 The best overall team is the Chicago Blackhawks. The worst are the Buffalo Sabres. Neither have changed since 11/30.

02 The most improved team (Trending Upward) is the Nashville Predators (+1.33). The team in the deepest decline is the Pittsburgh Penguins (-0.75).

03 The Islanders are still 14th overall. Not much change in the holiday shortened week. Here's a breakdown of their index factors:

a. CF% 12/28/14(52.60, 7th), 12/21/14(52.60, 8th) 12/14/14(52.40, 8th) 12/07/14 (53.10, 4th)

b. GF% 12/28/14(53.10, 9th), 12/21/14(53.10, 9th) 12/14/14 (52.10, 13th) 12/07/14 (53.80, 9th)

c. SAV% 12/28/14(.916, 23rd), 12/21/14(.916 24th) 12/14/14 (.917, 21st) 12/07/14 (.917, 21st)

d. STI 12/28/14(91.60, 29th), 12/21/14(90.80, 29th) 12/14/14 (91.60, 28th) 12/07/14 (93.70, 27th)

e. Shot Diff 12/28/14(5.0, 3rd), 12/21/14(4.50, 3rd) 12/14/14 (3.40, 5th) 12/07/14 (4.20, 4th)

04 The Islanders' (99.57) last week looked like this:

TUE 12/23 MON(100.37) 1-3 Loss

SAT 12/27 @BUF(80.84) 3-4 SOL

05 The Islanders' (99.81) upcoming MONTH looks like this:

MON 12/29 WAS(99.94)

WED 12/31 @WIN(100.21)

FRI 01/02 @CAL(93.68)

SUN 01/04 @VAN(98.05)

TUE 01/06 @NJD(94.84)

SAT 01/10 @CBJ(89.19)

TUE 01/13 @NYR(100.81)

FRI 01/16 PIT(106.62)

SAT 01/17 @MON(100.24)

MON 01/19 PHI(94.49)

TUE 01/27 NYR(100.81)

THU 01/29 BOS(99.03)

SAT 01/31 @DET(104.98)

06 There approval ratings so far:

RATING

12/21/2014

%

12/14/2014

%

12/7/2014

%

TOTAL

%

A(100)

99

50.00

3

0.90

5

3.25

107

15.64

B(90)

93

46.97

22

6.63

67

43.51

182

26.61

C(80)

4

2.02

160

48.19

72

46.75

236

34.50

D(70)

1

0.51

131

39.46

6

3.90

138

20.18

F(60)

1

0.51

16

4.82

4

2.60

21

3.07

TOT

198

100.00

332

100.00

154

100.00

684

100.00

AVG

94.55

75.93

84.09

83.16

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