Sunday Standings: Good time for a break

The 2022-23 NHL season has now hit the best week of the whole year for players: the bye week where they can jet off to warm, tropical beaches and get some R&R. There are only a handful of games this week through Wednesday and then the league puts on their showcase of the All-Star game next weekend from Miami (or Sunrise, whatever).

Here’s how the standings look this week, with not much to likely change for quite a while:

We’ll quickly take a trip around the division for interesting and pithy news and notes about the week that was, with the team’s record over the past week highlighted.