NHL - Capitals and Stars topped the Christmas break, he surprises Boston and Arizona

NHL - Capitals e Stars in testa alla sosta di Natale, sorprese Boston e Arizona
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NHL - Capitals and Stars topped the Christmas break, he surprises Boston and Arizona

With the 'last game on Dec. 22, the NHL & egrave; stop to the festivities & agrave; Christmas and the season, came almost at the halfway point, will resume & agrave; fully operational on December 26.

The Eastern Conference & egrave; dominated by the Washington Capitals who have consolidated their supremacy with a victory in their last 6 games. Starting to do some projection optical playoffs, the Caps and the two New York teams, Rangers and Islanders, are in pole position for the three direct qualifiers just like last season in the Metropolitan Division. With the Montreal Canadiens who are paying far more than the 'absence of Carey Price and slipped to fourth place in the' Atlantic Division & egrave; when the land of surprises. The ranking & egrave; led by the Boston Bruins last season missed the wild card for just two points while with the Detroit Red Wings in second place, third place & egrave; occupied by the amazing Florida Panthers streak to five games. Right now remain outside Tampa Bay finalist last year All''Ovest & egrave; this far of all relief season of Dallas Stars who are dominating the Central Division after missing the playoffs in the last campaign. As always fought the fight for the other positions with the defending Stanley Cup of Chicago right now fighting for a wild card. Much worse in the Pacific goes all''altra finalist Conference of 2014/15, Anaheim, which closes the row after four years and most likely will not see & agrave; the post-season. On the contrary, the division led by the Kings, is surprising positively Arizona. The Coyotes, the penultimate of the entire NHL last year with just 56 points, are on course for a place in the playoffs and in 33 games have already & agrave; put together 34 points. & Nbsp; & Nbsp; At the end of the regular season to the playoffs every Conference promotes 8 deductibles. The first, the second and third classified of each division are automatically admitted. The two available seats, wild cards, are assigned to two teams not yet qualified with the most points at the Conference. & Nbsp; Legend: GP - Games giocateW - Games won (2 points) L - Games lost (0 points) OL - Games lost all''overtime / shootout (1 point) PTS - PuntiPTS% - Points per game giocataLAST WEEK - W - L - OL the last seven days & Nbsp; & Nbsp; .....
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