FC Bayern's participation in the Champions League finals in 2010 and 2012 and Borussia Dortmund's impressive performances in the Bundesliga in 2011 and 2012 caused the number of world-class performances in the Bundesliga to increase again. The rivalry intensified in 2010 after college rivals Pete Carroll (USC) and Jim Harbaugh (Stanford) took over as coaches. After Henrik Zetterberg led the scoring charts for the first few weeks of the season, Vincent Lecavalier took the lead in November, a position he held until January. The Washington Capitals finally managed to do this, intercepting the Carolina Hurricanes and rewarding themselves for catching up after the low point in November. In the Southeast Division, the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals, separated by just two points, fought hard for victory in the division as the runner-up could end up with ninth place in the conference and not qualifying. The Carolina Hurricanes with 19 points from twelve games and the Washington Capitals with 20 from 14 had other good phases in the Southeast Division. In addition to the Dallas Stars, the New York Islanders, St. Louis Blues and Phoenix Coyotes also experienced single-digit points could, but unlike the Stars had to bury their hopes of a successful playoff qualification.

In contrast to the morning, the orderlies had to stay behind on Gudden's instructions. With 26 points in his side's 14 games, Ovechkin quickly closed the one-point deficit over Malkin and ended the month five ahead of his closest rival with 109 points. With one FA Cup goal and three goals in the Carling Cup, he brought it up to 17 goals in his time with England. The next day, three of these were awarded to the Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators and Philadelphia Flyers, who had the worst records of any team last season. This was due to well-placed clubs in the Northeast and Atlantic divisions, including the New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins, all fighting for the top spot. Although the teams only had between two and four games to play, the winners were still pending in four divisions and nine more playoff places were up for grabs.

The final decision about the last two playoff spots in the Western Conference was made on April 3. April when the Vancouver Canucks lost to the Edmonton Oilers, giving the Calgary Flames and Nashville Predators a coveted spot in the top eight teams in a conference. Only in the Southeast Division did it remain exciting until the last game, since only the division winner could qualify for the playoffs due to the table constellation. As of March 31, only the Pittsburgh Penguins and Montréal Canadiens had qualified in the Eastern Conference, and the division win was hard to beat. After the New York Rangers had secured the playoff ticket in the Eastern Conference, there were still four free spots for five teams. Seven teams have already qualified for the same, and with the Detroit Red Wings and San Jose Sharks two franchises had already secured victory in their divisions. RSC Anderlecht, Cercle Brugge, Oud-Heverlee Löwen and KVC Westerlo joined the proceedings as third parties, as they would be disadvantaged in the table if Charleroi won the replay. By far the most sensational thing, however, was another personnel issue: the decision to appoint Prabowo Subianto as defense minister.

In the goalscoring list, the decision had now been made in favor of Alexander Ovechkin, who was able to extend his already large lead over Ilja Kovalchuk and became the first player since Mario Lemieux and Jaromír Jágr to reach the 60-goal mark in the 1995/96 season. It was even followed in 1979 by a return to the Third Division, which, however, was followed by direct resurgence as runner-up. In addition, the Montréal Canadiens secured their first division title since the 1991-92 season by winning the Northeast Division, which the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Atlantic Division did a day later after a ten-year lull. With regard to the playoffs beginning on April 9th, the last full month of the regular season brought the first decisions in the two conferences. In the first week of April, the last decisions were made for the playoffs starting on April 9th. 10 Sep 2011 2 ITU World Championship Series 2011 China People's Republic of Beijing 01:48:15 With second place in the sixth and final race of the season, Riederer achieved fourth place in the annual standings. In Argentina's second group game, he scored three goals in a 4-1 win against South Korea. In the round of 16 against Mexico he shot the interim 2-0 (final score 3-1). In the quarterfinals he failed with Argentina against Germany.