After a rough 8-3 loss against the Washington Capitals on Saturday, the Pittsburgh Penguins will look to bounce back and take advantage of a team in a similar situation.

It felt like one team made a positive stride forward in the Eastern Conference playoff race Tuesday night at UBS

The New York Islanders lost some ground in the playoff race on Tuesday night, falling 5-1 to the New York Rangers at UBS Arena. The loss widened the gap between the Isles (57 points) and Rangers (62 points) to five points – a gulf the Islanders will need to make up if they are to leapfrog the Blueshirts in the wild card chase.

This one stung the most. The Flyers, amid a fairly tedious and thus far unimpressive rebuild, outworked the Penguins into oblivion from start to finish. Early in the third period, the citizens occupying the seats at Wells Fargo Center started chanting “We want 10” in the direction of Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic.