In the first week of the 2021-22 NHL season, teams welcomed fans back to arenas, Canada hosted American teams for the first time since before the pandemic, and the Seattle Kraken made their debut.
Some of the best teams in the NHL just a few months ago are off to a rocky start and teams that struggled to win now have some fight in them.
Here are our power rankings after the first week the 2021-22 season.
32. New York Islanders
If someone had told Islanders fans a few months ago when their team was in the Eastern Conference Final that they would open the season 0-2 while conceding 11 goals over that span, would they believe it?