| 2011 - 2012 NHL RPI Rankings | ||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | W | L | OTL | PTS | RPI | SOS | PWR | GF | GA |
| 1 | NY Rangers | 51 | 24 | 7 | 109 | .590 | .565 | 3 | 226 | 187 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh | 51 | 25 | 6 | 108 | .588 | .564 | 2 | 282 | 221 |
| 3 | St. Louis | 49 | 22 | 11 | 109 | .587 | .561 | 4 | 210 | 165 |
| 4 | Vancouver | 51 | 22 | 9 | 111 | .586 | .556 | 1 | 249 | 198 |
| 5 | Nashville | 48 | 26 | 8 | 104 | .582 | .564 | 5 | 237 | 210 |
| 6 | Philadelphia | 47 | 26 | 9 | 103 | .581 | .565 | 6 | 264 | 232 |
| 7 | New Jersey | 48 | 28 | 6 | 102 | .579 | .564 | 12 | 228 | 209 |
| 8 | Detroit | 48 | 28 | 6 | 102 | .578 | .563 | 7 | 248 | 203 |
| 9 | Chicago | 45 | 26 | 11 | 101 | .576 | .563 | 10 | 248 | 238 |
| 10 | Boston | 49 | 29 | 4 | 102 | .574 | .559 | 8 | 269 | 202 |
| 11 | Phoenix | 42 | 27 | 13 | 97 | .569 | .561 | 11 | 216 | 204 |
| 12 | San Jose | 43 | 29 | 10 | 96 | .566 | .560 | 9 | 228 | 210 |
| Los Angeles | 40 | 27 | 15 | 95 | .566 | .562 | 13 | 194 | 179 | |
| 14 | Florida | 38 | 26 | 18 | 94 | .561 | .557 | 15 | 203 | 227 |
| 15 | Washington | 42 | 32 | 8 | 92 | .560 | .559 | 14 | 222 | 230 |
| 16 | Ottawa | 41 | 31 | 10 | 92 | .559 | .558 | 16 | 249 | 240 |
| 17 | Dallas | 42 | 35 | 5 | 89 | .558 | .563 | 17 | 211 | 222 |
| 18 | Calgary | 37 | 29 | 16 | 90 | .557 | .560 | 23 | 202 | 226 |
| 19 | Colorado | 41 | 35 | 6 | 88 | .554 | .559 | 19 | 208 | 220 |
| 20 | Buffalo | 39 | 32 | 11 | 89 | .553 | .556 | 18 | 218 | 230 |
| 21 | Winnipeg | 37 | 35 | 10 | 84 | .547 | .559 | 21 | 225 | 246 |
| Tampa Bay | 38 | 36 | 8 | 84 | .547 | .558 | 20 | 235 | 281 | |
| 23 | NY Islanders | 34 | 37 | 11 | 79 | .545 | .566 | 27 | 203 | 255 |
| Anaheim | 34 | 36 | 12 | 80 | .545 | .563 | 24 | 204 | 231 | |
| 25 | Carolina | 33 | 33 | 16 | 82 | .544 | .559 | 22 | 213 | 243 |
| 26 | Minnesota | 35 | 36 | 11 | 81 | .543 | .560 | 25 | 177 | 226 |
| 27 | Toronto | 35 | 37 | 10 | 80 | .542 | .559 | 28 | 231 | 264 |
| 28 | Montreal | 31 | 35 | 16 | 78 | .539 | .560 | 26 | 212 | 226 |
| 29 | Edmonton | 32 | 40 | 10 | 74 | .533 | .561 | 29 | 212 | 239 |
| 30 | Columbus | 29 | 46 | 7 | 65 | .525 | .567 | 30 | 202 | 262 |
