NHL Coach Rankings - No Reputation. No Carryover. Just This Season.
Track all 32 NHL head coaches through IceHockeyMan's current-season-only coaching model. Every coach starts at zero. Career reputation, awards and previous-season results do not carry into the live ranking.
The IHM Mark Coach Score measures results earned now, while Mark Decision Points separately reward overtime wins as an additional bench decision. Current-Season Game Profile, Goal Environment, Bench Impact, Game Management and Deployment then show each coach's current-season results profile, scoring conditions, close games, leads, comebacks, overtime, line usage and late-game trust.
IHM Mark Coach Rankings
Marco Sturm
Boston Bruins
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The current-season results combine high offensive output (4.00 GF/G) with strong goals-against control (2.17 GA/G), creating a two-way performance profile.
Rod Brind'Amour
Carolina Hurricanes
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The current-season results combine high offensive output (3.92 GF/G) with strong goals-against control (2.54 GA/G), creating a two-way performance profile.
Mike Babcock
Edmonton Oilers
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The current-season game profile combines high scoring output (4.33 GF/G) with heavy defensive exposure (3.58 GA/G), producing 7.92 total goals per game.
John Hynes
Minnesota Wild
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The current-season results are being driven by suppression: 2.31 GA/G in a 5.46-goal average environment.
Andre Tourigny
Utah Mammoth
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
Games are running at 7.17 total goals per game. The current-season results consistently produce a higher-event scoring environment without requiring a claim about tactical intent.
Jon Cooper
Tampa Bay Lightning
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
Games are running at 6.54 total goals per game. The current-season results consistently produce a higher-event scoring environment without requiring a claim about tactical intent.
Travis Green
Ottawa Senators
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The current-season results sit between the defined attack, defensive-control and event-level extremes: 3.17 GF/G, 2.83 GA/G and 6.00 total goals per game.
Glen Gulutzan
Dallas Stars
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The current-season results are being driven by suppression: 1.82 GA/G in a 4.73-goal average environment.
Ryan Craig
Vegas Golden Knights
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
Games are running at 6.54 total goals per game. The current-season results consistently produce a higher-event scoring environment without requiring a claim about tactical intent.
Sheldon Keefe
New Jersey Devils
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The current-season results sit between the defined attack, defensive-control and event-level extremes: 3.27 GF/G, 2.91 GA/G and 6.18 total goals per game.
Spencer Carbery
Washington Capitals
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
Games are running at 6.60 total goals per game. The current-season results consistently produce a higher-event scoring environment without requiring a claim about tactical intent.
Lane Lambert
Seattle Kraken
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The current-season game profile combines high scoring output (3.75 GF/G) with heavy defensive exposure (3.50 GA/G), producing 7.25 total goals per game.
Martin St. Louis
Montreal Canadiens
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
Games are running at 6.54 total goals per game. The current-season results consistently produce a higher-event scoring environment without requiring a claim about tactical intent.
Jim Hiller
Toronto Maple Leafs
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
Games are running at 7.00 total goals per game. The current-season results consistently produce a higher-event scoring environment without requiring a claim about tactical intent.
Jared Bednar
Colorado Avalanche
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
Games are running at 7.42 total goals per game. The current-season results consistently produce a higher-event scoring environment without requiring a claim about tactical intent.
Mike Sullivan
New York Rangers
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The current-season results sit between the defined attack, defensive-control and event-level extremes: 3.14 GF/G, 3.00 GA/G and 6.14 total goals per game.
Paul Maurice
Florida Panthers
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
50% of games have finished as one-goal battles. The current-season profile is being shaped by compressed margins and repeated game-management situations.
Peter DeBoer
New York Islanders
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The current-season results are being driven by suppression: 2.64 GA/G in a 5.54-goal average environment.
Jim Montgomery
St. Louis Blues
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The team is producing 3.18 GF/G with a positive third-period scoring profile, giving the current-season results an attack-led finishing signature.
Andrew Brunette
Nashville Predators
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The current-season results sit between the defined attack, defensive-control and event-level extremes: 2.82 GF/G, 3.18 GA/G and 6.00 total goals per game.
Todd McLellan
Detroit Red Wings
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
58% of games have finished as one-goal battles. The current-season profile is being shaped by compressed margins and repeated game-management situations.
Ryan Huska
Calgary Flames
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The current-season game profile combines limited scoring output (2.54 GF/G) with heavy goals-against exposure (3.73 GA/G). The 6.27 average total is being driven more by defensive concessions than by offensive production.
Scott Arniel
Winnipeg Jets
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
82% of games have finished as one-goal battles. The current-season profile is being shaped by compressed margins and repeated game-management situations.
Ryan Warsofsky
San Jose Sharks
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The team is producing a middle-range 3.08 GF/G but allowing 3.58 GA/G. The current-season profile is therefore being shaped more by defensive exposure than by dominant offensive output.
Joel Quenneville
Anaheim Ducks
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The current-season scoring environment is elevated at 6.27 total goals per game, but the attack/defence split does not fit one of the more extreme profiles.
Lindy Ruff
Buffalo Sabres
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The team is producing a middle-range 2.82 GF/G but allowing 3.73 GA/G. The current-season profile is therefore being shaped more by defensive exposure than by dominant offensive output.
Dan Muse
Pittsburgh Penguins
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
Games are running at 6.67 total goals per game. The current-season results consistently produce a higher-event scoring environment without requiring a claim about tactical intent.
Rick Bowness
Columbus Blue Jackets
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The current-season scoring environment is relatively tight at 5.78 total goals per game, without enough evidence to classify it as a strongly defence-led profile.
Peter Laviolette
Los Angeles Kings
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The team is producing a middle-range 2.70 GF/G but allowing 3.50 GA/G. The current-season profile is therefore being shaped more by defensive exposure than by dominant offensive output.
Rick Tocchet
Philadelphia Flyers
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
54% of games have finished as one-goal battles. The current-season profile is being shaped by compressed margins and repeated game-management situations.
Jeff Blashill
Chicago Blackhawks
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The current-season game profile combines limited scoring output (2.18 GF/G) with heavy goals-against exposure (3.91 GA/G). The 6.09 average total is being driven more by defensive concessions than by offensive production.
Manny Malhotra
Vancouver Canucks
Wins earned this season, with an additional Coach Mark decision point for each overtime win.
Coach Mark IntelligenceGame Profile · Goal Environment · Bench Impact · Game Management · Deployment
The team is producing a middle-range 2.85 GF/G but allowing 4.62 GA/G. The current-season profile is therefore being shaped more by defensive exposure than by dominant offensive output.
How to Use IHM NHL Coach Rankings
Use the rankings as a current-season coaching layer alongside team form, injuries, goaltending, line combinations and matchup context.
Compare Coach Score, regulation results, overtime decisions, lead protection, comebacks and late-game trends before or after NHL games.
Add coaching context to deployment, line usage, late-game trust and team direction when evaluating players, teams and matchups.
Coach Score, MDP, Goal Environment and O/U season tendencies can be one additional input when researching NHL markets. Use them with goaltending, injuries, lines, form and market prices - they are not a betting pick or a guarantee of any outcome.
Coach Mark Current-Season Methodology
No previous season, awards, career wins or reputation carry over.
60% Points Pace + 20% Winning Rate + 20% 60-Minute Winning Rate.
MDP = Wins + Extra-Time Wins. An overtime win receives one additional decision point.
Close games, leads, comebacks, overtime and deployment are calculated from current-season game data.
Current-season Game Profile uses attack output, defensive control and event level from the same local season game set. Fixed O/U 5.5 and 6.5 tendencies describe scoring conditions. These signals do not change the Mark Coach Score and do not claim tactical intent.