The New York Islanders are on a 4-0-1 run that is somewhat shocking to most who have followed them this season and easy bait for snarkitudinal columnists to note has not removed them from their last-place dwelling.
The St. Louis Blues are likewise on a 4-0-1 run, though they are nervous about the amount of overtime (four times) in that stretch and how it will affect them on a road trip that begins tonight at Barclays Center and continues tomorrow in Newark.
(On the latter point, apparently there was some I AM OFFENDED reaction to a benign media note that the Blues were not doing a morning skate due to commuting congestion typical of New York City.