The Pittsburgh Penguins enter their All-Star break sitting on the outside of the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Even though they have been collecting points at a pretty strong rate over the past two months, they still have some work to do to climb their way out of the deficit they gave themselves with such a bad start.
As of Wednesday the Penguins are at 51 points in 46 games. That puts them on pace for around 90-91 points over an 82-game season. In almost every NHL season under the current format that would not be good enough for a playoff spot.