The Isles come into tonight's game with Pittsburgh with a chance to tie the Penguins for 1st Place in the Metropolitan Division with a regulation win (although the Penguins will have a game in hand).
It would be the first time in nearly 8 years that the Isles have at least a share of first place this late in the season.
(After the games of Dec 5, 2006)
| Atlantic Division | W-L-OT | Pts | GF | GA | |||||
| NY Islanders | 14-10-3 | 31 | 81 | 75 | |||||
| New Jersey | 14-9-2 | 30 | 62 | 66 | |||||
| NY Rangers | 13-10-4 | 30 | 88 | 87 | |||||
| Pittsburgh | 11-11-4 | 26 | 77 | 83 | |||||
| Philadelphia | 8-15-4 | 20 | 68 | 102 |
New Jersey defeated Montreal the following night to knock the Isles out of first place.
(The Isles did have a share of first in late Jan/early Feb 2013 but that was the lockout season and they had only played 7 games at the time)
Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick
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