It was another really sad week for the Eastern division, when you consider that five out of the eight teams in the division played either 0 or 1 game in the last week. The NHL’s rushed 56-game season is now a little more than a month old but has had significant issues in keeping players healthy and on the ice to even get the games in a compressed manner.
Two teams this week, Buffalo and New Jersey, didn’t play a single game. As of Friday night, the Devils still had 18 players on the COVID protocol list.