How do we know it's still early in the season?
-- Edmonton is undefeated...Philadelphia is winless.
-- Calgary has allowed 22 goals in five games.
-- Detroit is not leading the Central Division (let alone the Western Conference)
-- Someone named Aaron Voros is one point behind the league leaders in scoring
-- And while we're at it...Alexander Semin is leading the league in scoring
-- A Koivu leads the NHL in assists...it's not Saku
-- Saku's the one leading the NHL in plus-minus
-- In fact, four Canadiens top the plus-minus list...Koivu (that would be Saku), Andrei Markov, Mike Komisarek, and Alex Tanguay.
-- Derek Dorsett leads the NHL in penalty minutes. Now...don't look it up -- who does he play for?
-- Tomas Holmstrom has five goals...on ten shots.
-- Jay Bouwmeester is averaging more than 30 minutes of ice time a game...guess the Panthers want to get a full season's worth of ice time out of him before they trade him.
-- The Blues are tied for the top spot in goals scored per game (4.0). They are also buzzing along at a 40.9 percent clip on the power play.
-- The Kings haven't yet allowed a power play goal
-- The Rangers lead the NHL in fights (8)
-- The Rangers lead the NHL in hits
-- San Jose leads the league in second period scoring...a good thing, too. They're last in the NHL in first period scoring with no goals. They're also 5-1...go figure.
-- All those flashy signings, and Tampa Bay has scored fewer goals than any team in the league (8)
-- Backups are ranked second and third in the NHL in GAA (Patrick Lalime and Stephen Valiquette)
-- Speaking of GAA...5.74. That's the worst in the league, and it belongs to Martin Biron
-- In the what-a-difference-a-year-makes file...Pascal Leclaire had nine shutouts last year. So far this year, his save percentage is .866.
-- Alex Ovechkin has more than twice as many penalty minutes (eight) as points (three).
-- Matt Bradley is tied for the team lead in penalty minutes...he doesn't have a minor yet.
-- Only one Capital has a combined minus record in home games played so far (Eric Fehr, -1)
-- Sergei Samsonov...no points, -4
-- Michael Nylander...after five games last year, -3 (on his way to -19)...after five games this year, +3
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Something (actually, two things)about Semin's start to this season also stands out...a single minor penalty, and a +6...Fedorov is having the positive influence on Sasha that I'd anticipated he would.
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