The NHL regular season has been underway for five days now, and a lot of unexpected and unpredicted things have already happened.
Alexander Ovechkin has two hat tricks in two games; the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins gave up 15 goals in their first two games (including 10 against the Blackhawks); the Hawks are 2-0-0 with a +13 goal differential; and the Vegas Golden Knights are undefeated at 2-0-0.
To top it all off, the Dallas Stars are 0-2-0 and have yet to get their first points on the standings board this year.
This isn’t how it was supposed to happen.