Now that the All-Star break is behind us, the NHL season is about to heat up for the unofficial second “half” of the year (most teams had already played about 50 games, or 60% of their seasons).
Still, February and March is when the action picks up, divisional games tend to increase in terms of frequency and intensity and playoff positioning are hammered out.
Here’s the Metropolitan Division at the break. The Pittsburgh Penguins will be busy from here on out, having played a handful less games than teams they’re competing with like Washington and New York (I).