Despite the last rankings taking place almost two months ago, it was interesting to see the top nine teams from November all still within the top nine; only the former 10th placed Coyotes have dropped out. After November, the Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings were first and second respectively, but at the All-Star break it was flip-flopped with Detroit first and Boston second. At the bottom of the list, former last placed Anaheim Ducks moved their way up to 24th, being replaced by Columbus. A team that was 25th after November, the Nashville Predators, screamed their way up to 10th, earning the highest jump of 15 spots. The biggest drop was by the vastly underperforming Buffalo Sabres, who dropped sixteen spots from 12th to 28th. As always, the rankings are derived from the OCTR (click here for more details). All stats and information include all games played through January 25, 2012.

Rank	Team Name	OCTR Total	Last Month	Change
1	Detroit Red Wings	122.811	2	+1
2	Boston Bruins	118.548	1	-1
3	St. Louis Blues	107.602	3	--
4	New York Rangers	101.877	8	+4
5	Vancouver Canucks	100.591	5	--
6	San Jose Sharks	97.332	4	-2
7	Pittsburgh Penguins	95.431	7	--
8	Philadelphia Flyers	94.147	6	-2
9	Chicago Blackhawks	89.983	9	--
10	Nashville Predators	88.455	25	+15
11	Ottawa Senators	78.136	21	+10
12	Toronto Maple Leafs	76.734	14	+2
13	Los Angeles Kings	76.001	15	+2
14	Washington Capitals	72.625	17	+3
15	New Jersey Devils	68.572	24	+9
16	Phoenix Coyotes	66.533	10	-6
17	Dallas Stars	66.106	18	+1
18	Colorado Avalanche	65.541	19	+1
19	Montreal Canadiens	65.154	16	-3
20	Florida Panthers	63.393	11	-9
21	Calgary Flames	61.960	26	+5
22	Minnesota Wild	61.098	13	-9
23	Tampa Bay Lightning	59.066	22	-1
24	Anaheim Ducks	58.017	30	+6
25	Winnipeg Jets	57.404	23	-2
26	Carolina Hurricanes	51.919	28	+2
27	New York Islanders	51.816	29	+2
28	Buffalo Sabres	47.348	12	-16
29	Edmonton Oilers	43.057	20	-9
30	Columbus Blue Jackets	37.067	27	-3

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