NHL team panic meters: Should Avalanche, Oilers, others be worried?

The 2024-25 NHL season is just two weeks old and already chock full of surprises.

It's been an exciting run -- for some, not so much.

But it's still early.. right? These five teams better hope so.

We're breaking down the clubs who came into the season rife with expectations that haven't lived up to the hype.

The Red Wings are off to a glacial 2 -3-0 start that includes a pair of victories over the league's only winless team ( Nashville ) Detroit owns the second -worst penalty kill in the league ( 62.5% ) and their power play is a mediocre ( 15.8% ) Detroit is 27th in FOW% ( 46.4% ) and they've seen momentum snatched away from goals scored directly off a poorly executed faceoff.

Edmonton is not getting the goaltending it needs -- and that's affecting everything else.

The Oilers ' 1 -4-0 start is nothing to feel good about, and shows there are an abundance of weaknesses in Edmonton 's lineup that must be addressed.

The Predators' franchise-worst start took another blow in Saturday 's lopsided loss to Detroit .