The Penguins clinch home ice for 1st round with win in New Jersey.
Bryan Rust, Jake Guentzel, Josh Archibald and Conor Sheary scored goals as the Penguins ran their winning streak to four with a 7-4 victory over the New Jersey Devils.
The Penguins clinched second place in the Metropolitan Division and home ice for their first-round playoff matchup with Columbus thanks to their 50th victory of the season and a Winnipeg win over the Blue Jackets. Columbus has lost five in a row.
With home ice clinched, the last two games of the season, Saturday night in Toronto and Sunday night in New York, will be little more than exhibition games for the Penguins. Both games will be carried on WISR – pregame is 6:30pm.
Coach Mike Sullivan said he’ll meet with the coaching staff to decide what kind of lineups the team will use for the games.
Trevor Daley made his return to the lineup after missing 20 games due to knee surgery.
Matt Murray appeared to injure his right leg on a breakaway save in the third period, but he didn’t leave the ice and said after the game he was fine.