2022 NHL Review

2022 NHL Review

The 2021-22 NHL season reverted back to the the normal 82-game schedule and normal division alignments, with the Arizona Coyotes moving to the Central Division due to the entrance of the Seattle Kraken, who are placed in the Pacific Division. The NHL was scheduled to a take a break during the majority of February 2022 for the Olympics in Beijing, but due to the Omicron variant and China’s quarantine policies, the NHL reversed course and said no to sending players to Beijing. Instead, the cancelled Olympic break will be used for make-up games that were postponed during December 2021 and January 2022.

 

The current 2022-23 season brought the introduction of digitalized rink board advertisements on telecasts/streams of NHL games on a full-time basis. Preseason and regular season European NHL games resumed after a 2-season break due to COVID. The Arizona Coyotes will temporarily relocate to Mullett Arena, run by Arizona State University’s hockey team. 

 

 

2021-22 Final NHL Standings (Wild Card) 

Eastern Conference

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Carolina Hurricanes	82	54	20	8	47	278	202	+76	116
2	x – New York Rangers	82	52	24	6	44	254	207	+47	110
3	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	46	25	11	37	272	229	+43	103

 

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Florida Panthers	82	58	18	6	42	340	246	+94	122
2	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	54	21	7	45	315	253	+62	115
3	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	51	23	8	39	287	233	+54	110

 

 

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Boston Bruins	82	51	26	5	40	255	220	+35	107
2	ME	x – Washington Capitals	82	44	26	12	35	275	245	+30	100
3	ME	e – New York Islanders	82	37	35	10	34	231	237	−6	84
4	ME	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	37	38	7	26	262	300	−38	81
5	AT	e – Buffalo Sabres	82	32	39	11	25	232	290	−58	75
6	AT	e – Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	21	230	312	−82	74
7	AT	e – Ottawa Senators	82	33	42	7	26	227	266	−39	73
8	ME	e – New Jersey Devils	82	27	46	9	19	248	307	−59	63
9	ME	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	25	46	11	20	211	298	−87	61
10	AT	e – Montreal Canadiens	82	22	49	11	16	221	319	−98	55

 

Western Conference

 

Top 3 (Central Division)

Pos Team

 

GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 z – Colorado Avalanche 82 56 19 7 46 312 234 +78 119
2 x – Minnesota Wild 82 53 22 7 37 310 253 +57 113
3 x – St. Louis Blues 82 49 22 11 43 311 242 +69 109

 

Top 3 (Pacific Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Calgary Flames	82	50	21	11	44	293	208	+85	111
2	x – Edmonton Oilers	82	49	27	6	38	290	252	+38	104
3	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	44	27	11	35	239	236	+3	99

 

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Dallas Stars	82	46	30	6	31	238	246	−8	98
2	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	45	30	7	35	266	252	+14	97
3	PA	e – Vegas Golden Knights	82	43	31	8	34	266	248	+18	94
4	PA	e – Vancouver Canucks	82	40	30	12	32	249	236	+13	92
5	CE	e – Winnipeg Jets	82	39	32	11	32	252	257	−5	89
6	PA	e – San Jose Sharks	82	32	37	13	22	214	264	−50	77
7	PA	e – Anaheim Ducks	82	31	37	14	22	232	271	−39	76
8	CE	e – Chicago Blackhawks	82	28	42	12	16	219	291	−72	68
9	PA	e – Seattle Kraken	82	27	49	6	23	216	285	−69	60
10	CE	e – Arizona Coyotes	82	25	50	7	18	207	313	−106	57

 

 

2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs

First Round

Second Round

Conference Finals

Stanley Cup Finals

A1

Florida

4

WC

Washington

2

A1

Florida

0

A3

Tampa Bay

4

A2

Toronto

3

A3

Tampa Bay

4

A3

Tampa Bay

4

Eastern Conference

M2

NY Rangers

2

M1

Carolina

4

WC

Boston

3

M1

Carolina

3

M2

NY Rangers

4

M2

NY Rangers

4

M3

Pittsburgh

3

A3

Tampa Bay

2

C1

Colorado

4

C1

Colorado

4

WC

Nashville

0

C1

Colorado

4

C3

St. Louis

2

C2

Minnesota

2

C3

St. Louis

4

C1

Colorado

4

Western Conference

P2

Edmonton

0

P1

Calgary

4

WC

Dallas

3

P1

Calgary

1

P2

Edmonton

4

P2

Edmonton

4

P3

Los Angeles

3

 

 

2022 NHL Draft:

Juraj Slafkovský was selected 1st overall by the Canadiens.

 

 

2022-23 NHL Standings (as of 12.27.2022)

Eastern Conference

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Carolina Hurricanes	34	22	6	6	16	106	90	+16	50
2	New Jersey Devils	34	22	10	2	19	115	87	+28	46
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	33	19	9	5	17	114	95	+19	43

 

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	33	27	4	2	22	130	74	+56	56
2	Toronto Maple Leafs	34	21	7	6	19	111	82	+29	48
3	Tampa Bay Lightning	32	20	11	1	15	115	97	+18	41

 

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	New York Rangers	35	19	11	5	16	116	96	+20	43
2	ME	Washington Capitals	36	19	13	4	16	111	102	+9	42
3	ME	New York Islanders	35	19	14	2	16	112	98	+14	40
4	AT	Detroit Red Wings	32	14	11	7	12	98	105	−7	35
5	AT	Buffalo Sabres	32	16	14	2	14	127	109	+18	34
6	AT	Florida Panthers	35	15	16	4	14	114	120	−6	34
7	AT	Montreal Canadiens	34	15	16	3	8	95	118	−23	33
8	AT	Ottawa Senators	33	14	16	3	12	100	106	−6	31
9	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	35	11	17	7	11	90	119	−29	29
10	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	33	10	21	2	7	89	135	−46	22

 

 

Western Conference

Top 3 (Central Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dallas Stars	35	20	9	6	18	125	99	+26	46
2	Winnipeg Jets	34	21	12	1	14	111	88	+23	43
3	Colorado Avalanche	32	19	11	2	12	96	84	+12	40

 

Top 3 (Pacific Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vegas Golden Knights	37	24	12	1	17	122	100	+22	49
2	Los Angeles Kings	38	20	12	6	13	121	128	−7	46
3	Seattle Kraken	32	18	10	4	14	113	104	+9	40

 

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	Minnesota Wild	33	19	12	2	14	106	95	+11	40
2	PA	Calgary Flames	35	16	12	7	13	110	109	+1	39
3	PA	Edmonton Oilers	35	18	15	2	16	126	122	+4	38
4	CE	St. Louis Blues	34	16	16	2	11	105	124	−19	34
5	CE	Nashville Predators	32	14	13	5	9	82	98	−16	33
6	PA	Vancouver Canucks	33	15	15	3	9	114	129	−15	33
7	PA	San Jose Sharks	35	11	18	6	8	108	129	−21	28
8	CE	Arizona Coyotes	32	11	16	5	9	87	117	−30	27
9	PA	Anaheim Ducks	35	9	22	4	3	83	146	−63	22
10	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	32	8	20	4	6	75	122	−47	20

 

 

 

 

My All-2022 NHL Team:

LW | C | RW |
Jason Robertson (DAL)-Connor McDavid (EDM) [C]-Nikita Kucherov (TBL)

Kirill Kaprizov (MIN)-Leon Draisaitl (EDM)-Mikko Rantanen (COL) 

Alex Ovechkin (WSH) [A]-Sidney Crosby (PIT) [A]-David Pastrňák (BOS)

Matthew Tkachuk (FLA)-Tage Thompson (BUF)-William Nylander (TOR)

Alternates: 
Kyle Connor (WPG)-Jack Hughes (NJD)-Timo Meier (SJS)
Artemi Panarin (NYR)-Elias Pettersson (VAN)-Mitchell Marner (TOR)
Brady Tkachuk (OTT)-Auston Matthews (TOR)-Mats Zuccarrello (MIN)

 

 

 

D | D |
Josh Morrissey (WPG)-Erik Karlsson (SJS) [A]

Rasmus Dahlin (BUF)-Adam Fox (NYR)

Doug Hamilton (NJD)-Cale Makar (COL)

Alternates:
Quinn Hughes (VAN)-Alex Pietrangelo (VGK)

Roman Josi (NSH)-Tyson Barrie (EDM)

G 
Igor Shesterkin (NYR)

Linus Ullmark (BOS)
Alternates: 
Connor Hellebuyck (WPG)
Alexandar Georgiev (COL)

 

Starting Lineup: Robertson-McDavid-Kucherov; Morrissey-Karlsson; Shesterkin

 

Bold = Starting Line

Captain [C]: McDavid
Assistant Captains [A]: Ovechkin, Crosby; Karlsson

 

 

 

2021-22 Awards:

Award	Recipient(s)	Runner(s)-up/Finalists
Stanley Cup	Colorado Avalanche	Tampa Bay Lightning
Presidents’ Trophy (Best regular-season record)	Florida Panthers	Colorado Avalanche
Prince of Wales Trophy (Eastern Conference playoff champion)	Tampa Bay Lightning	New York Rangers
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl (Western Conference playoff champion)	Colorado Avalanche	Edmonton Oilers
Art Ross Trophy (Player with most points)	Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)	Johnny Gaudreau (Calgary Flames)[Notes 9]
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy (Perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication)	Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens)	Zdeno Chára (New York Islanders) Kevin Hayes (Philadelphia Flyers)
Calder Memorial Trophy (Best first-year player)	Moritz Seider (Detroit Red Wings)	Michael Bunting (Toronto Maple Leafs) Trevor Zegras (Anaheim Ducks)
Conn Smythe Trophy (Most valuable player, playoffs)	Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche)	N/A
Frank J. Selke Trophy (Defensive forward)	Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins)	Aleksander Barkov (Florida Panthers) Elias Lindholm (Calgary Flames)
Hart Memorial Trophy (Most valuable player, regular season)	Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs)	Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers) Igor Shesterkin (New York Rangers)
Jack Adams Award (Best coach)	Darryl Sutter (Calgary Flames)	Andrew Brunette (Florida Panthers) Gerard Gallant (New York Rangers)
James Norris Memorial Trophy (Best defenceman)	Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche)	Victor Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning) Roman Josi (Nashville Predators)
King Clancy Memorial Trophy (Leadership and humanitarian contribution)	P. K. Subban (New Jersey Devils)	Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks) Darnell Nurse (Edmonton Oilers)
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (Sportsmanship and excellence)	Kyle Connor (Winnipeg Jets)	Jaccob Slavin (Carolina Hurricanes) Jared Spurgeon (Minnesota Wild)
Ted Lindsay Award (Outstanding player)	Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs)	Roman Josi (Nashville Predators) Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
Mark Messier Leadership Award (Leadership and community activities)	Anže Kopitar (Los Angeles Kings)	N/A
Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy (Top goal-scorer)	Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs)	Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers)
Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award (Top general manager)	Joe Sakic (Colorado Avalanche)	Julien BriseBois (Tampa Bay Lightning) Chris Drury (New York Rangers)
Vezina Trophy (Best goaltender)	Igor Shesterkin (New York Rangers)	Jacob Markström (Calgary Flames) Juuse Saros (Nashville Predators)
William M. Jennings Trophy (Goaltender(s) of team with fewest goals against)	Frederik Andersen and Antti Raanta (Carolina Hurricanes)	Alexandar Georgiev and Igor Shesterkin (New York Rangers)
Lester Patrick Trophy (Service to ice hockey in U.S.)	Warren Strelow	N/A

 

 

 

All Star Teams:

Position	First Team	Second Team	Position	All-Rookie
G	Igor Shesterkin, New York Rangers	Jacob Markström, Calgary Flames	G	Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins
D	Roman Josi, Nashville Predators	Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning	D	Alexandre Carrier, Nashville Predators
D	Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche	Charlie McAvoy, Boston Bruins	D	Moritz Seider, Detroit Red Wings
C	Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs	Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers	F	Michael Bunting, Toronto Maple Leafs
RW	Mitch Marner, Toronto Maple Leafs	Matthew Tkachuk, Calgary Flames	F	Lucas Raymond, Detroit Red Wings
LW	Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames	Jonathan Huberdeau, Florida Panthers	F	Trevor Zegras, Anaheim Ducks