The St. Louis Blues have fared as projected so far if we’re coming from a points perspective. But what if we ranked the NHL Standings in another way?
The St. Louis Blues are 4-3-0 following last night’s loss to the Winnipeg Jets. While they’re still looking good from a points perspective, are the Blues faring even better if we reorganized the NHL standings from points to points percentage?
Does the league look much different? Keep reading to see which tier the Blues found themselves in through the first handful of games in 2024-25 and how close they are to moving up a rung.
Heading into the season, I knew the Winnipeg Jets would be a good team, but without high-powered scorers, at least on paper, I was skeptical. So far, this hasn’t been the case, as this squad has a plus-17 goal differential and 27 goals in just six games.
While I saw the NY Rangers looking like one of the league’s premier teams, nobody saw the Calgary Flames or Minnesota Wild coming from out of nowhere. Maybe it will hold, maybe not. Also, props to the Ottawa Senators, Utah Hockey Club, and New Jersey Devils for their early-season successes as far as points percentage is concerned.
The Anaheim Ducks lead this group and through the first few games of the year, they find themselves ahead of the likes of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers, and Boston Bruins. As for the Blues, they’re at least over 0.500 still, and had they managed to upset the Jets last night, would have found themselves one rung up the ladder.
This one has been the most predictable, sans the Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche. But few of us would doubt that should we conduct this experiment again next month, both teams would find themselves up at least one tier. The Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins are another pair of teams that could claw their respective ways out of the basement in these rankings, too.
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