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The Wraparound is a new weekly series by Sporting News that Shaquille O'Neal Jersey willbring you everything that happened in the NHL. Just nine days into the NHL season and it's already been quite a doozy. The unexpected has expectedly happened. Did anyone see an undefeated Edmonton Oilers squad? Or James Neal potting seven in those games? I think not. It's been a wild and wacky start to the 2019-20 season. Here's whathappened in the NHL from Oct. 2 through Oct. 10. OCaptain! My Captain! The Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks kept their new captains shrouded in mystery until fancy on-ice reveals at their respective home openers. On Oct. 2, John Tavares was the last player announced during Toronto's introductions as he was . Then on Oct. 9, with the franchise's first and last captains on the ice Orland Kurtenbach and Henrik Sedin, respectively . MORE: You get four goals! And you get four goals! Four goals games don't come easy or at least they didn't used to. The NHL saw not one but two four-goal games in the opening week. First, there was Dominique Wilkins Jersey the with four goals, including the game-winnerin the final minute of regulation. On Tuesday, James Neal proved he truly is "The Real Deal" again as over the New York Islanders. Neal has been on a torrid pace as he puts a disastrous2018-19 season in Calgary behind him. , equaling his entire goal total from last year. MORE: Welcome to the NHL The next generation is here and the 2019 draft cla s is well-represented in this young season. Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko, the top two picks, made their NHL debuts while the biggest surprise is the play of 18-year-olddefenseman Ville Heinola. already has three points in four games, including his first NHL Khem Birch Jersey tally. | | Goal of the week Come get your award, Blake Coleman, because, let's be honest, . And it'll never be replicated either. Tkachuk vs. Doughty It's a rivalry that dates back to . . . 2017; but Matthew Tkachuk and Drew Doughty added a new chapter on Tuesday night when the LA Kings defenseman . Doughty then proceeded to mock the Calgary crowd, and after the gamethe Flames winger, who also scored in the contest said,"I'm excited for round two in two weeks in L.A." MORE: Quoteof the week It's been Nikola Vucevic Jersey an interesting start to the season for the Winnipeg Jets, and game No. 2 was the epitome of that. The Jets climbed out ofa 4-0 hole to win 5-4 in a shootout against the New Jersey Devils and afterward, head coach Paul Maurice had quite the interesting take on the game. "The first period was like eating a sand sandwich on toast. And then, it devolved or got way better into nobody defended so it got pretty darn exciting at the end." MORE: Time to panic? It's only Week 1 but fingers are already itching to hitthe big old panic button. The New Jersey Devils are winle s (0-2-2) with Hughes scorele s on the third line and San Jose only has one win under its belt against a now winle s Blackhawks squad (0-2-0). Florida Panthers netminder Sergei Bobrovsky has a horrid 4.78 goals-against average and .859 save percentage in three games, . Tweet of the week Patrick Marleau is back with the San Jose Sharks and no one could have been happier than fellow 40-year-old Joe Thornton. Be sure to watch this tweet from NBC Sports California with the sound up. Oh, and by the way Anfernee Hardaway Jersey , , because of course. Nobody is happier than Jumbo Sharks on NBCS (@NBCSSharks) MORE: