The Islanders and most of the NHL are back in action tonight as the Pittsburgh Penguins visit Elmont. It’s the first meeting of the season for these two teams, part of two over the next week as the return leg will be in Pittsburgh on New Year’s Eve.
For the second-place Isles, theyll aim to keep two “New York”s at the top of the division standings, which is just weird and very early ‘80s-ish to see.
For the seventh-place Penguins (though just seven points behind the Isles), they’ll try to pull themselves out of a up-and-down December that has their closest observers and apologists pondering what will happen if they’re still out of the playoff seeding come February.