| With the Devils and Penguins leading the Division with | | | | The Rangers who started off the season hot at 7-1 |
| 28 points, the Flyers, Rangers and Islanders are all tied | | | | have cooled off as of late since. Even though the |
| with 23. With that being said the whole division is only | | | | Rangers have been on the losing side of their games |
| separated by five points. | | | | of late they've been in all of them. Lead by M. Gaborik |
| All though we are only a quarter of the way through | | | | with 27 points he is currently in second place in the |
| the NHL season, if it would end today the whole | | | | league lead for points over all with 15 goals and 12 |
| division would make the playoffs along with the North | | | | assists. If the Rangers can get the rest of their guys |
| East Division leader Buffalo Sabers and the South | | | | going and stay healthy they will be a threat as well. |
| East Divisions Washington Capitals. | | | | The surprise of the division has got the fans excited in |
| The Devils are on their game and proved to be a tuff | | | | Long Island again. Starting the season off they couldn't |
| road team with a record of 9-1 away from their | | | | get a win but they managed to get points in a bunch |
| building being lead by Z. Parise with 24 points and the | | | | of games losing in over time. The Islanders started |
| legend M. Brodeur between the pipes holding down a | | | | their season off at 1-4-5 getting their first win of the |
| 12-5 record and a 2.21 Goals Against Average. With | | | | season against the Carolina Hurricanes in a shoot out |
| Parise and Brodeur on their game and their great road | | | | they finally got their first win on the season in regulation |
| record you can see why they are tied on top of the | | | | against the NY Rangers and have gone 7-2-2 since |
| Atlantic with the defending Stanley Cup Champion | | | | that win. The Islanders are getting the job done with |
| Pittsburgh Penguins. | | | | their youth explosion of John Tavares number one |
| The Stanley Cup champs picked up where they left | | | | pick over all in the 2009 draft and with M. Moulson and |
| off by winning it all last season they started this | | | | K. Okposo connecting. Goalie D. Roloson has been |
| season off at 9-1. They lost E. Malkin for a few games | | | | getting the nod of late between the pipes and has a |
| and hit a skid but got back on the winning track with | | | | 6-1 record in goal with a 2.77 G.A.A. Their captain D. |
| him back in the lineup winning their last two and hold | | | | Weight is out of the line up along with goalie R. DiPietro. |
| that top spot with Devils with a 14-7 record. | | | | This team will get some leadership back when those |
| The Philadelphia Flyers stand at 11-5-1 and were the | | | | two suit up again and the Islanders kids should only get |
| first team to hand the New Jersey Devils their first | | | | better. |
| road loss of the season. The Flyers also have games | | | | In a nutshell this division could be up for grabs, but at |
| in hand on every team in the division with two games | | | | the moment the Penguins, Flyers and the Devils look to |
| in hand on the Devils they have four games in hand on | | | | be the tuffest. With the Rangers and Islanders right |
| the Penguins, Rangers and Islanders. Flyers are lead by | | | | there this will be an interesting race to watch as it |
| one of the best if not the best defensemen in the | | | | unfolds. It's very tuff to pick one but you really can't |
| league Chris Pronger. Jeff Carter leads the team in | | | | deny the debth of the defending champs team. |
| scoring with 19 points as Pronger and Mike Richards | | | | Stay tuned for Part 2 of this article as we hit the |
| both have 17. | | | | mid-way point of the season in early January 2010. |