Dougie Hamilton has been an integral part of a balanced Hurricanes attack to start the season. Can they keep their hot start going against a Sharks team looking to right their ship?
If you are trying to compete for a playoff spot in today's NHL, the last place you want to find yourself is the bottom of the standings. Division heavy schedules create challenges for teams that have to leapfrog other teams, and those teams also have to hope that things go just right in other intra-division games. With that in mind, there might be a few teams who want to make an early season move up the standings before it gets too late into the season.