The Pittsburgh Penguins had a great chance to really put some distance between themselves and the rest of the Eastern Conference Wild Card contenders this past week, including the New York Islanders.
They let that chance slip away by losing one of the most maddening games of the season against the Islanders (more on that in a second) and then following it up the next night with a tough performance against New Jersey.
It leaves them in a very similar position going into this week. They have a big points percentage advantage over the other playoff contenders, largely because they still have so many games in hand, but they need to start winning a lot of those games.