In the fourteenth weekly Metropolitan Division snapshot of the season, a shift has appeared. The New York Rangers slumped and so first place has opened up for Carolina and Philadelphia. The New Jersey Devils remain in a tight mix of four teams. All this, the week that was, and the week ahead for all eight teams in the division.
An injury to Pyotr Kochetkov may throw the Hurricanes’ goaltending situation into disarray — again — but the team appears to have finally hit its stride.
Pyotr Kochetkov, instrumental in the Canes’ recent surge, was shaken up after being hit by the Ducks’ Isac Lundestrom with 6:04 left in the second period.