A week into the season, standings don’t mean a whole lot. Everyone is close to everyone else, each team is a well-timed hot streak away from being near the top of the division, and teams’ positions in the standings can swing wildly based off one game. Case in point: The Metropolitan division leaders have five points, and seven of the eight teams have earned at least a point. With the Hurricanes on a lengthy road trip forced by the State Fair, we’ll look around at how the rest of the Metro has performed thus far.
This year marked the first time that Alex Ovechkin was on the ice for a Stanley Cup banner ceremony.