After 10 strong games, Penguins playoff chances on the upswing

As the calendar is a week away from flipping to February and the Penguins only have one more game before the All-Star break, standings watch season (for fans at least) is in full throat. Here’s the NHL Standings as of today in the East:

Pittsburgh has played among the highest number of games just about all season and with all the bye weeks done that continues to be the case, with the Penguins having a conference high 50 games played to date. That’s mostly a negative, since others have at least a game in hand.