Central Division Weekly: Blues, Wild Start off Hot

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesIt’s the first full season we’ll see in the NHL since 2018-19, and it could not have started more surprisingly.

The St. Louis Blues and Minnesota Wild currently sit atop the Central Division, while their competitors have struggled. The race to the postseason may be more exciting than we expected.

Here’s how the Central has looked so far:

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