NHL as of February 20th

The NHL this week had a milestone, an odd coaching change, new teams in contention and a dirty head shot. Sidney Crosby got his 1,000th career point against the Jets on an assist and he's the 86th player in NHL history to do so. The Canadiens fired head coach Michel Therrien and hired Claude Julien immediately which was an absolute shocker considering Claude Julien coach the Canadiens' rival Bruins.In a game between the Jets and Senators Jacob Trouba of the Jets hit Mark Stone of the Senators with a direct hit to  he head and Stone is the leading goal scorer for the Senators and will have a hearing soon so he will be suspened. The Senators are also surprisingly only 2 points away from being first in the Atlantic after missing the playoffs last year. The Panthers, Islanders, and Flyers are all one win away from taking the Maple Leafs' final wild card spot which has been really close all year. I also want to note since the Lightning are doing bad because they lost Steven Stamkos and will have a higher draft pick than usual, Stamkos' injury could be a good thing for the future. Did the Canadiens make the right choice? How long will Trouba be suspended for? Is Stamkos' injury a good thing? stay tuned....

Notable Injuries:
Sami Vatanen - unknown
Stephan Johns - unknown
Mike Green - day to day
Benoit Pouliot - unknown
Kyle Quincy - unknown
Cal Clutterbuck - day to day
Mark Stone - unknown
Mike Hoffman - unknown
Bobby Ryan - unknown
Justin Schultz - day to day
Olli Maata - 6 weeks
Carl Hegelin - unknown
Mitch Marner - day to day
Toby Enstrom - unknown