As we approach the halfway point of the NHL season, the bottom dwellers are beginning to accept their lot in hockey life. That seems to be reflected in the aggregated power rankings, as the bottom third has just a little bit of movement while the top 2/3 experience all kinds of movement. As for the very top? It's a battle of Pennsylvania (and Vancouver), as the Pittsburgh Penguins have reclaimed the throne from the Philadelphia Flyers.

(Note: The Hockey News didn't update this week, so there's one last data point involved. I discovered this AFTER I made all my tables, which was not cool.)

This is the fourth straight week the Islanders and Devils have shared the bottom two in some form. Right above them, you'll find the Edmonton Oilers, who've dropped off since their brief run a short while back.

Coming up after the jump, conference breakdowns and the mega-spreadsheet o' fun.

Here are your conference breakdowns, complete with comparison to SBN's power rankings. First the Eastern Conference:

And the Western Conference:

Just as in recent weeks, the Western Conference only has one team in the overall bottom five. With the Flames poised for a post-Darryl Sutter rebuild, will they fall further and give the West two teams near the bottom?

Here's your mega-spreadsheet sorted by overall rank.

And by standard deviation.

Last week, a reader noted that TSN does its rankings using a formula rather than opinion. That explains some of the extreme discrepancies between TSN and other power rankers for Boston and Tampa Bay.

Most Consensus: Lou Lamoriello must have finally decided to check in on the aggregated power rankings. Everyone else agreed that something had to be done with the Devils, and now John MacLean is on the unemployment line.

Biggest Outlier: As mentioned above, TSN's formula-based rankings causes their rankings to have some discrepancy. If you filter that out, then Sports Illustrated's #14 ranking for the Blackhawks is the opposite extreme of ESPN's #5.