from Tim Benz of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,

The Penguins are currently five points clear of Montreal for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with only three games to play.

That’s good. But not good enough to have locked up a postseason berth yet....

Now, Sullivan’s skaters get the Rangers once and Detroit twice to wrap up the regular season. The Rangers have only 75 points. The Red Wings have just 70.

The Penguins have 97.

“Until the regular season is over, we have to grab points,” Sullivan said. “We are going to have to hit the reset button when we go into Detroit and bring the same level of urgency and commitment that it takes to win.”...

In four combined games against the Rangers and Red Wings, the Penguins are 4-0, outscoring the two teams by a combined 23-11 margin....

If the Penguins sweep all six remaining points, they would tally 103 for the season. The Metropolitan Division-leading Capitals have 102, with three games left against the Panthers, Canadiens and Islanders. So the odds of tracking them down for the division title are slim.

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