In the Atlantic, the Canadiens and Bruins (wild card) are currently in with 86 points apiece, with the Red Wings (84 points) and the piping-hot Senators (83 points) on the outside of the playoff picture.
In the Metro? The Pens have 86 points, tailed by the CBJ and Islanders (wild card) with 85 apiece.
Talk about being packed tighter than the proverbial tin of sardines!
It was suggested on another site that 98 points will be the cutoff. If so, the locals would need to garner a dozen points in their final 12 games, or .