Paul Steigerwald

And the Islanders are always a threat.

So I think the Islanders, Capitals, Columbus will all be in the hunt trying to get to one of those top three spots.

And in the Atlantic, there's a lot of teams.

In Buffalo, Detroit, both are really good.

Boston's good.

So those wildcard spots are going to be tough to contend for.

That's why I'd like to see the Penguins continue to stay up there in the Metropolitan Division.

All right.

Take care, Joe.

Have a good weekend.

Absolutely.

And I thought early in the game, they actually looked pretty good.

I had a feeling it would be the opposite because the Devils had played the night before, and I thought they were in a game mode

whereas the Penguins were still maybe in a bit of a practice mode before they could get their game legs together.

And then by the final analysis, I think the Devils, having played the night before, maybe were a little shy on conditioning for playing a back-to-back.

So it's funny how that goes, but the Penguins certainly did get stronger as the game went on.

In any case, they got big saves from Archer Shelaw.

He made a lot of key saves.

The Devils have really struggled lately to score goals.

I think they have now scored only one goal in 21 games.