Get out your pencil and circle the 18 games left in the regular season in the should-get-two-points variety. Seven are against teams currently not among the top eight in each conference.
Starting with the New Jersey Devils, languishing at third-worst in the Eastern Conference into Saturday night’s encounter at TD Garden. The Devils, however, no slouches when it comes to taking on Boston. The first game of 2017 was in Newark – two points lost by the Bruins in the in the 3-0 stinker on January 2. Way back on October 20, the Bruins eked out a 2-1 win on home ice.