NHL as of January 3rd

This past week of the NHL has been something truly special from outdoor games to a 14 game versus a 12 game winning streak game. I want to first shout out the Wild for having a 12 twelve game winning streak, but it got snapped to the Blue Jackets who are currently on a 15 game winning streak which is two games away from the NHL record of 17. The game was 4-2 Blue Jackets and it really proved that the Jackets deserve to be undefeated in December which is absolutely crazy. The Blue Jackets are first in the NHL with 56 points and should easily make the playoffs. The outdoor games were very interesting and depressing for me. The Centennial Classic between the Maple Leafs and Red Wings was just plain awesome and it had the Leafs up 4-1 in the third (like 2013) and blow the lead. The Wings scored with under a second left, but Auston Matthews scored his second goal of the game in overtime to win it 5-4. The Winter had the Blackhawks and Blues play a very tight game that was tied at one until Vladimir Tarasenko scored two in the third period and the Blues got an empty netter to win the game 4-1. Shout out to my team the Blackhawks on going 1-4 in all of their outdoor games. The All Star captains were announced today for the game and skill competition in Los Angeles on the 29th. Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, P.K. Subban, and Carey Price. Just pointing out that Steven Stamkos of the Lightning is off of crutches and could be back soon to help the out of playoff position Lightning. Since this post is too long I'll just once again post a link to all of the injuries in the NHL. Happy New Year everyone and I hope to start getting back into things especially since I missed last week due to the holidays. When will the Blue Jackets lose? Will the Blackhawks get yet another outdoor game? Is Stamko's career ruined because of injuries? stay tuned....

Injuries
http://www.espn.com/nhl/injuries