The best team in hockey, the 50-20-4 New York Rangers, are riding a 5-game winning streak and will return home to MSG tonight to take on the 32-30-11 Pittsburgh Penguins. New York has clinched a playoff spot, but they are far from done. The Rangers still want to accomplish three more things: win the Metropolitan Division, the President’s Trophy, and then the Stanley Cup. The Penguins are mathematically alive in the wild card hunt, but barely, and they know it, and we know that they are not getting in. New York is 20-9-0 at the Garden and have won 4 straight against Pittsburgh including both meetings this year.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK RANGERS