Atlantic Update - March 18th 2012

Place/Team	Games Played	WINS	LOSSES	OTL	Points	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	HOME	AWAY	S/O	L10	Streak
1. New York Rangers	71	44	20	7	95	41	195	158	+37	24-9-2	20-11-5	3-5	4-5-1	LOST 2
2. Pittsburgh Penguins	70	44	21	5	93	35	229	177	+52	24-8-2	20-13-3	9-3	10-0-0	WON 11
3. Philadelphia Flyers	71	41	22	8	90	38	228	202	+26	18-10-5	23-12-3	3-6	7-2-1	OT 1
4. New Jersey Devils	72	41	26	5	87	30	198	187	+11	20-13-3	21-13-2	11-3	6-3-1	LOST 1
5. New York Islanders	72	29	32	11	69	23	169	216	-47	15-15-6	14-16-5	6-3	3-4-3	WON 1

Standings Update

The New York Rangers were able to hold up the Penguins climb this week, but they are cutting it close with the Penguins only 2 points off of tying the Rangers for 1st place with a game in hand. This week there is little change in standings for the teams in this division. New York continues to hold 1st place in the Conference with the Penguins closing in but is in 4th place in the conference. The Flyers and Devils goes 1-2 for 5th and 6th place while the Islanders falls back to 14th, tied for last in the conference with the Canadiens each having 69 points.

15 Points

29 Straight Kills: The New Jersey Devils killed 29 consecutive Penalties before their streak was snapped yesterday against the Penguins.

Marty Goes Retro For Pat: For St. Patrick's Day yesterday, Martin Brodeur wore his retro Green and Red equipment to go with his team's reto uniforms.

Kolvalchuk Fire: Kovalchuk has been Red Hot having 5 goals and 5 assists in the last 10 games for the New Jersey Devils.

Henrique-Less: After having his 15th consecutive game without a point, Henrique loses his spot as the Rookie point leader to Landeskog. Hopkins is also one point behind Henrique.

Zajac To Return: Zajac has been cleared for contact and has joined back with his team. It is unclear still when he will play.

Streit To The Net: Streit scored a goal in the last game for the Isles to give him 40 point this season. This is the 4th consecustive season that he's played in that he's has done so.

Dipietro Gone, Surprised?: It has been made official the Rick Dipietro will miss the remainder of the season with a groin injury. He will undergo sports-hernia surgery for an injury required on December 3rd.

The Return Of The Zuc: Mats Zuccarello scored the lone goal for the Rangers in a 3-1 loss yesterday. His 1st goal in 7 games this season.

The Crosby Show Returns: After a long wait, Sidney Crosby returned Thursday. In his 2 games back Crosby has no goals, but 4 assists.

Letang Comes Back: Letang also game back last Thursday. He had an assist and +5 in his comeback game after suffering a concussion taking him out for 5 games.

Reading Into This Season: Matt Read now has 20 goals and 21 assists for 41 points so far this season. He is the first Flyers Rookie to have 20 goals and 40 points since Jeff Carter in 2005-06.

11 And Counting: The Pittsburgh Penguins has won their 11th straight game on Saturday after the beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2.

Penalty Killing Machines: The Atlantic Division continues to be one of the best for Penalty killing having the Penguins 1st in the league with 90%, New Jersey 3rd with 89.4%, and The Rangers 5th with 86.4%.

Cooke Can Score?: Cooke has scored 2 goals in one game for the 4th time this season. This marks the 1st time he has done so in his career.

Wedgewood Signed: Wedgewood has signed a 3 year ETC witht he Devils. He is arguably the best internal replacement for when Brodeur Retires.

Who To Watch

Sidney Crosby - He continues to be hot with 4 points in his 2 games back, can he hold?

The Rangers/Penguins - With both being so close, who will be the victor of the conference?

Calder Madness - Currently having 2 rookies gunning for the Calder, Read and Henrique would be good to watch

The Islanders: Back at the bottom of the pyramid it would be interesting to see what their plans would be for the team